Claim: The five Taliban detainees being released from Guantanamo in exchange for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are the hardest of the hard-core. These are the highest high-risk people."
Fact-check: John McCain says five Taliban detainees freed in Bowe Bergdahl exchange 'are the hardest of the hard-core'
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2014-06-02T00:00:00