Hagel: Freed Taliban Five Not Directly Involved in Attacking Americans; McKeon: Neither Was Bin Laden

patrick.goodenough | June 11, 2014
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Defending the administration’s controversial swap of five high-level Taliban detainees for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told a House panel Wednesday the freed men had not directly taken part in attacks on Americans – and was firmly reminded that neither had Osama bin Laden.