all. look at gary powers u-2 spy plane out over russia 1960, released in 62. it was begun under eisenhower, ended under kennedy. i mean, we weren t about to send him home or they weren t about to send him home, the russians, on an air flat first class line. i mean, we had to negotiate. we had to give up somebody that we wanted in prison in order to get gary powers back. this has been going on, it s the way business is done. is this different? this is very different. i think, first of all instead of a one for one exchange you re getting a five for one exchange. the message president obama and the administration said you can take american lives, american hostages, and we ll give you five terrorists. these are five high-level operatives who are very close to osama bin laden who have oversaw mass killings of muslim shiites. these are dangerous people. what s going to happen when they get back out there and their terrorist networks and
but today the military awarded him a posthumous silver star for valor in the face of the enemy. at at the height of the cold war, ladies and gentlemen, the nation called upon extraordinary men like captain powers to undertake the most sensitive and dangerous missions. captain powers earned this silver star. shepard: and his family was there to receive it today. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon for us. jennifer? shepard, there is a little known fact about the gary powers u 2 spy plane incident. his plane took off from inside pakistan from a secret cia base near pa shower. its discovery at the time created all sorts of problems for the u.s. and pakistan. pakistani leaders then shut down the base. that was 50 years ago. this was the height of the cold war. the u 2 spy planes were launched from pakistan to the so the cia could keep an eye on the soviet unions missile