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05-31-2014, 11:38 PM #1
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Drudge Report: LAW BROKEN: CONGRESS NOT NOTIFIED OF GITMO SWAP
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LAW BROKEN: CONGRESS NOT NOTIFIED OF GITMO SWAP
Bergdahl release arrangement could threaten the safety of Americans, Republicans say
By Karen Tumulty, Saturday, May 31, 5:14 PM
Amid jubilation Saturday over the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from captivity by the Taliban, senior Republicans on Capitol Hill said they were troubled by the means by which it was accomplished, which was a deal to release five Afghan detainees from the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Top Republicans on the Senate and House armed services committees went so far as to accuse President Obama of having broken the law, which requires the administration to notify Congress before any transfers from Guantanamo are carried out.
“Trading five senior Taliban leaders from detention in Guantanamo Bay for Bergdahl’s release may have consequences for the rest of our forces and all Americans. Our terrorist adversaries now have a strong incentive to capture Americans. That incentive will put our forces in Afghanistan and around the world at even greater risk,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.) and the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, James M. Inhofe (Okla.), said in a joint statement.
Lawmakers were not notified of the Guantanamo detainees’ transfer until after it occurred.
The law requires the defense secretary to notify relevant congressional committees at least 30 days before making any transfers of prisoners, to explain the reason and to provide assurances that those released would not be in a position to reengage in activities that could threaten the United States or its interests.
Before the current law was enacted at the end of last year, the conditions were even more stringent. However, the administration and some Democrats had pressed for them to be loosened, in part to give them more flexibility to negotiate for Bergdahl’s release.
A senior administration official, agreeing to speak on the condition of anonymity to explain the timing of the congressional notification, acknowledged that the law was not followed. When he signed the law last year, Obama issued a signing statement contending that the notification requirement was an unconstitutional infringement on his powers as commander in chief and that he therefore could override it.
“Due to a near-term opportunity to save Sergeant Bergdahl’s life, we moved as quickly as possible,” the official said. “The administration determined that given these unique and exigent circumstances, such a transfer should go forward notwithstanding the notice requirement.”
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said that the detainees transferred from Guantanamo to Qatar, where they are to stay for at least a year, “are hardened terrorists who have the blood of Americans and countless Afghans on their hands. I am eager to learn what precise steps are being taken to ensure that these vicious and violent Taliban extremists never return to the fight against the United States and our partners or engage in any activities that can threaten the prospects for peace and security in Afghanistan.”
Beyond this individual instance, some raised the larger question of whether it is sound policy for the United States to have, in the words of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), “negotiated with terrorists.”
Rogers said the action marked a “fundamental shift in U.S. policy.”
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06-01-2014, 02:30 AM #2
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Taliban swap US soldier for the release of five - count 'em, FIVE Gitmo terrorists - TheJimmyZShow
Posted by Jimmy Z on May 31, 2014 at 10:21pm in General, Town Hall
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Mr. Obama has now apparently decided that the United States DOES in fact negotiate with terrorists. Another huge step in the wrong direction, and we will pay dearly for it going forward. The price has been established: If the enemy takes one of our soldiers prisoner, the cost for release is five terrorists from Gitmo. -Jz
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Pentagon officials believed Bowe Bergdahl’s health and safety were in danger and so had to move swiftly to free him from his Taliban captors, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said. The National Security Council agreed in this case that the military did not have time to give Congress the 30 days notice required when prisoners are to be released from the Guantanamo detention center. Knowledge of the operation was limited to a handful of people, Hagel added.
Hagel: Captive's life was in danger
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday the military operation to free Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees was not relayed...
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