Military Law
Jun. 17, 2014
Policy implications of Bergdahl swap
The trade of Sgt. Bergdahl for the Gitmo Five, and the way it went down, has touched off a fire-storm of criticism and raised several legal issues. By Kyndra Miller Rotunda
Late last month, President Barack Obama brokered a supposedly last minute deal involving the Hiqanni network (a terrorist group with ties to al-Qaida) to trade Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured in Afghanistan in 2009, for five Gitmo detainees. Qatar has agreed to keep an eye on the Gitmo detainees for at least the next year (although our agreement with Qatar specifies that there is "no guarantee" the "Gitmo Five" wi...
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