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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140601:19:08:00

Risk for this notion that if i can get one, i can get five taliban released. so then the administration brought on national security adviser, susan rice to defend the prisoner exchange. this is what she said on abc s this week. those assurances relating to the movement, the activities, the monitoring of those detainees give us confidence that they cannot and in all likelihood will not pose a significant risk to the united states. and it is in our national interests that this transfer had been made. criticism of the administration over this is it fair at all? let s start with, during the history of the united states, we ve had exchanges of prisoners of war, how many times? every war. we re winding this war down. and so, when they say that they had passed some kind of legislation that instructed the president that he could only release people from guantanamo bay under certain circumstances, he signed that bill. but he had a signing statement that said i will do this as ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140601:19:03:00

Craig in. let s talk about the criticisms that we heard this morning on the sunday shows, the administration on the defense now. critics, some of them saying that because sergeant bergdahl was traded for five taliban prisoners, it sets a dangerous precedent for trading for prisoners. and other critics saying the president may have broken the law because of no consultation with congress. what s the white house saying this afternoon about those criticisms. i ll take those two criticisms separately. to the first point, negotiating with terrorists. white house officials are pushing back against that claim. they say look, u.s. officials never negotiated with the taliban directly. instead, the qataris served as intermediaries. they make the point that it is u.s. policy not to leave a soldier on the battlefield. they re calling bergdahl a prisoner of war. they are saying that time was of the essence. they believe that his health was dwindling so they felt as though ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140601:18:15:00

And continue to depend on to this day, and we ll fix it. for more reaction to that interview, i m joined by michael lighter, nbc security analyst for nbc news. former director of the national counterterrorism center. michael, i want to focus on these guantanamo prisoners who were released. the five detainees were on the obama administration s list to be held indefinitely without charges. how big of a risk to release these detainees to qatar. this is significant, david. there s always a range of people in guantanamo, the low level fighters up to the other al qaeda operatives. these guys are very close to the khalid sheikh mohammeds. they are serious leaders. the deputy defense leader of the taliban, a key governor. these are people who helped lead taliban s relationship with al qaeda pre-9/11, helped fight against u.s. interests post-2001, and they will be in ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140601:19:18:00

Emblematic of the shift that you re seeing in terms of the u.s. foreign policy. one other point i ll make, craig is that u.s. officials are telling me they are hoping that this will be a part of the reconciliation process. that needs to happen now that the u.s. is finally drawing down its last troops there. when you say, when you say reconciliation process, are they, are they saying, is the administration saying that they hope that this prisoner exchange, is the news conference starting? okay. that the prisoner exchange okay. let s, let s listen. to the news conference here again. this is bob and jamie bergdahl. boise, idaho parents of bowe bergdahl. we heard a bit from them yesterday in the rose garden as they stood with president obama. we re going to initially hear from colonel tim mersano from the idaho national guard. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140601:18:40:00

Some of us like being on your show, david, and take the red eye back to be on your show. thank you. i think this congressional committee will reveal what most of us know. what is america s responsibility in a place of chaos whether it s taliban excuse me, whether it s afghanistan post or withdrawal, whether it s libya post some kind of invasion? what is our sense of responsibility? we have to protect our people in the field. we have to protect our embassies and consulates and we didn t go a good enough job. we chose to go into libya though. and that s when when you choose to do this and we tried to do this, the infamous leading from behind, but this is to me what the policy debate should be about is what was the policy? let me do this which is why benghazi was so dangerous. we re coming back later. we ll come back also with this story. ahead of the 70th anniversary of d-day and the landings, our tom ....

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