Candy Crowley presses Susan Rice: 'Did the U.S. negotiate with terrorists?'

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Candy Crowley presses Susan Rice: 'Did the U.S. negotiate with terrorists?'
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Following Saturday's prisoner exchange, in which American P.O.W. Bowe Bergdahl was released by the Taliban in a trade for five Guantanamo detainees, CNN's Candy Crowley grilled National Security Adviser Susan Rice on State of the Union.

"Point blank, did the U.S. negotiate with terrorists for (Bergdahl's) release?" Crowley asked.

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.