. >> we will speak with frank goldsmith, the attorney for one of the freed men, and andy worthington,author of, "the guantanamo files: the stories of the 774 detainees in america's illegal prison." all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the political firestorm is continuing over the rescue of sergeant bowe bergdahl in exchange for five guantÁnamo prisoners. the deal has come under partisan attack amidst reports bergdahl voluntarily left his base after growing opposed to the war in afghanistan. "the new york times" has revealed report found bergdahl most likely walked away from his army outpost in june 2009 on his own free will, but stopped short of concluding or solid evidence that he intended to permanently desert. the report also revealed bergdahl had wandered away from assigned areas while in the army at least twice before his capture, including ones in afghanistan. on thursday, president obama defended the swap. byi'm never surprised controversies that are whipped up in washington. that is par for the co