The bipartisan standoff over the prisoner swap that freed American soldier Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five Taliban leaders continues to grow. On Tuesday, the White House held another congressional briefing to explain the Bergdahl deal. But several Republicans continued to lash out, with Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama calling the prisoner exchange “demoralizing.” The Republican-controlled House Armed Services Committee will begin an inquiry into the prisoner swap today. Critics fear another Benghazi-type partisan probe. The House Appropriations Committee meanwhile has approved a measure that would ban the use of federal money to transfer prisoners out of Guantánamo Bay.