U.S.-Held Taliban as Bargaining Chips Draw Republican Criticism

The Obama administration would cross a “dangerous line” with its plan to facilitate peace talks with the Afghan Taliban by transferring five prisoners from U.S. military detention, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said.

The U.S. hasn’t decided whether to move the five men held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a Qatari prison as part of an effort to start peace talks with the militant group, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified yesterday.