Obama’s Deputies Defend Taliban Deal That Freed Soldier

President Barack Obama’s administration defended itself against accusations that it made concessions to terrorists and failed to give Congress adequate notice of its initiative to secure the release of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban.

Bergdahl, 28, captured in 2009, was delivered yesterday to U.S. forces in exchange for five prisoners held at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Taliban had long sought their release. Qatar officials negotiated the deal, agreeing that the detainees would stay in their country for a year.