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These are extremely dangerous people and should not be allowed back on to the battlefield. that sounded like it was a direct message to the sitting president of the united states, president obama dont even think about releasing any more of these inmates, at gitmo, who was your reaction? >> theres only one president at the time in this country and while president elect trump has done his best to try to assert himself, he doesnt have that role until january 20th, president obama has made this a co...

To. >> you did hear chuck shumer, the manor -- minority leader, we said we cannot afford a twitter presidency, im quoting him, what does that mean to you. >> i think we have a twitter presidency and a twitter speaker of house because it was a republican caucus that was trying to undo the office of ethics and yet with a simple tweet the president elect was able to scuttle that, but we have to remember that came from the caucus, the republican caucus and in effect the leader, the speaker was unabl...

>> they didnt want him killed. >> telling us, gee, we didnt know when the swap was going to take, its irrelevant. why are we negotiating with terrorists? since when do we open up the gates at gitmo and start releasing people? this is a dangerous, dangerous precedent. not only did they break the law, which is indisputable, but they set a very dangerous precedent which, number one, let me remind you, these five terrorists are now back on the arabian peninsula. this war on afghanistan was the honor...

Power. out of sight, no doubt. >> one tough critic of the deal says he doesnt need to know whether bergdahl was in poor health or not. joining us is republican congressman aaron shock. explain why you dont feel its necessary to know more about his health? >> i think the overriding concern that people have is that we began a process of negotiating with terrorists. first of all, the president and administration broke the law. this is the national defense authorization law that he agreed to with co...

The 5 1/2 years they have been there, if were going to release these five for one man, what happens when they capture a group of tourists, when they capture a congressman? what will be the negotiating point? >> just to be precise, you dont really care if he was death -- on the verge of death during those five years of captivity, a united states army soldier? >> well, wolf, i think its pretty clear that he was not on the verge of death. now, whether he was being beat, whether he was not as health...

Her colleagues. the idea that the administration was thinking about transferring these detainees for several years, they knew the answer they were going to get from congress. they knew the outrage from congress and the american people for swapping these folks. with regards to sergeant bergdahls health, i would simply say, we have a couple right now being held by the taliban whose life is threatened and we should take those threats very seriously, whether its a man or woman in uniform or whether ...

Is being threatened, look out, this is a dangerous precedent because now if im the taliban or if im anyone else who wants the wage war and get detainees released from any of our prisons, im going to start taking members of our military and americans hostage because now i know the american government will noirn ate. thats why i believe his health is not the issue here. >> you know that hundreds of these detainees were released by president bush during the bush administration from gitmo. you didnt...

>> do you agree with congressman schock that this american soldier should have been left behind? >> definitely given the circumstances. it borders on the strategically lame that you would trade a soldier, regardless of his rank and health and performance for five top commanders of the taliban who had an intimate association with al qaeda at times of war. theres no doubt that these individuals are going to go back and resume the field and they will make the institution even more lethal. >> why we...

They are. >> no, to kill a mocking bird. have you read 50 shades of gray? >> i bought it, but hid it. i cant find it. it will eventually turn up, and it will be awkward for everybody there. >> you know, "50 shades of gray" sounds like a product you could sell for your hair. >> bill, you have applied for a rent-controlled studio at gitmo. any updates? >> not lately, but i finished my book, 50 shades of yay, which is me, the publisher. i like the fact they offered to translate, and the guy said no...

They told them rather than the koran, the book was 50 shades of grade. they read the entire series in english, i guess these guys are going nowhere, so what the hell. that is the medical diagnosis. at gitmos library, the reading is often screened. meanwhile, their favorite movies to watch are action adventure, like "the bird feeder," starring alec baldwin. >> i knew it was going to be worth the wait.