several hours as well. josh, great to see you as always. look forward to have you back. anytime. jenna, more about the infamous five freed in gitmo, in 2008 defense department memos branded them high-risk threats to our country saying they should never be released and if so they would rejoin the taliban to again fight expense our forces. they are the taliban deputy minister of intelligence who the u.s. said, would pose a direct threat to the united states if he was ever let out. the government said he has direct links to al qaeda, and trained islamic terrorists. senior taliban commander, wanted by the united nations for possible war crimes, suspected of murdering thousands of shiite muslims. deputy minister of taliban defense and chief of staff of the taliban army who the government said also pose ad high-risk threat to our country and had direct links to usama bin laden. a former head of taliban security, also with ties to al qaeda, who like others directed attacks against our tro
have after a year in qatar to do whatever they want to do, there s no doubt that they will re-enter the fight. bergdahl is getting medical treatment in germany before heading home. they did not consult closely with congress because of the urgency of the situation though key members were aware. the law requires congress to be notified 30 days before any prisoner exchange. and the white house said we did not negotiate with terrorists. we actually negotiated with the government of qatar to whom we owe a great debt. he was being held by the taliban. we had the opportunity to bring him back. had s back safely into the hands of the united states, and that s a great thing. reporter: and defense secretary chuck haig el who is visiting troops in afghanistan said this was part of a normal process of trying to free prisoners of war. arthel? steve centanni, thanks a lot. eric. for more about the high-risk detainees released from gitmo, the 2008 defense department memos, they re dicted th