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    Rush Limbaugh: Bergdahl is a Distraction: Obama Emptying Gitmo, Replenishing Enemy

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    The news media has been trying to make this all about Bergdahl and Bergdahl's parents and so forth. That's a distraction. It was never about Bergdahl. He's the excuse. The thing that is noteworthy here is Obama has always wanted to close Guantanamo Bay.



    Bergdahl is a Distraction: Obama is Emptying Gitmo, Replenishing the Enemy

    RUSH: The point here is to empty Guantanamo. When you empty Guantanamo......
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    Bergdahl is a Distraction: Obama is Emptying Gitmo, Replenishing the Enemy

    June 09, 2014

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    RUSH: The news media is trying to make this -- and has been trying to make this -- all about Bergdahl and Bergdahl's parents and so forth. That's a distraction. It was never about Bergdahl. He's the excuse. The thing that is noteworthy here is Obama has always wanted to close Guantanamo Bay.
    He's promised to shut down Gitmo; the left is irritated at him. It's cost him some money, in fact, in donations, that Gitmo is still open. To do that, to close Gitmo, he's got to get rid of the remaining terrorists somehow. And he's been itching to find an excuse to do so, some way to make it seem like it's something else besides letting these terrorists go free.

    So he does it in the form of a prisoner swap, and he thinks he's gonna get heralded and get credited and thought of as a great guy. "We're gonna get back an American soldier!" This man has never worn a uniform; he disdains people who do. He doesn't understand the culture. Susan Rice is as tone deaf now as she was during Benghazi. These people are embarrassing. They literally are embarrassing.
    They have no idea about military culture, military tradition. And if indeed they were blindsided by this and if they even care about being blindsided, that was why. But the point here is to empty Guantanamo. When you empty Guantanamo... Everything has consequences. When you empty Guantanamo, you are replenishing the enemy in a war on terror that is still underway.
    These people might want you to think they vanquished Al-Qaeda because they got bin Laden. They might want you to think the War on Terror is over and we moved on to other things, but it isn't. It's still underway, and the Taliban reaction to this is proof positive. So Obama has wanted an excuse, some way to make it look like something else, something other than letting the terrorists run free from Guantanamo.
    Now, nobody in the Drive-Bys seems to remember that Obama tried to pull off this swap back in March of 2012. Back then... This may have been reported. If this is being redundant, I'm sorry. He even briefed some in Congress about it, and that's the only reason we ever heard about it, because Dianne Feinstein leaked the story to Foreign Policy magazine, and there was outrage, at least from some in the conservative media.
    So Obama had to drop the plan. He wanted to do this two years ago. Now you know why he didn't notify Congress this time around, even though he's required to do so by law. He didn't do so because, A, he loves snubbing them and he knows they're not gonna do anything about it. But he didn't want to have his plans dashed again this time. He is weaker than he was two years ago.
    So he tries to do this, goes through channels, and Congress shuts him down. He can't have that, so he just does it and knows full well that nothing is going to happen to him.

    Now, he has to lie about that, too. First he claims that the Taliban would kill Bergdahl if this whole thing had been leaked. When that was laughed at, they claimed that Bergdahl was at death's door, and that's why we had to do that.
    We know that that's not the case. But, again, ladies and gentlemen, this was never about Bowe Bergdahl, never about Bergdahl's parents. Obama wants to close Club Gitmo. It's one of his biggest campaign promises. But there's something else. He also wants to negotiate with the Taliban. And by "negotiate," he wants to give them power in the Afghan government. This is called appeasement. This is called Citizen of the World kind of stuff.
    This is called the new United States, where we bring our enemies in and acknowledge them and respect them. So he wants the Taliban to have power in the Afghan government. The Taliban had refused to negotiate seriously until Obama released their top five lieutenants. So Obama's been chomping at the bit to let 'em loose ever since March of 2012, maybe even before that. Bergdahl was the convenient excuse, and that's why all of this happened. Two things are the take-away: Closing Club Gitmo and, by virtue of that (I cannot emphasize this too much), restocking the enemy with their frontline people.
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    Judge Andrew Napolitano

    Judge Nap: 'Going to Hear I-Word' If Obama Keeps Acting Without Congress Fox & Friends



    Judge Napolitano: 'Going to Hear I-Word' If Obama Keeps Acting Without Congress
    Was the swap of five Gitmo detainees for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl legal? Judge Andrew...
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    Judge Nap: 'Going to Hear I-Word' If Obama Keeps Acting Without Congress

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    Judge Andrew Napolitano weighed in this morning on whether the transfer of five hardened Taliban leaders from Guantanamo Bay was done legally.

    After a top-secret briefing with senators, Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) told Greta Van Susteren last night that he is convinced that the White House "played this so close to the vest intentionally," adding that it was like "they didn't trust" him and Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).

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    Chambliss noted that he was made aware of the planned bin Laden raid "months and months" beforehand, but did not get any notice on the exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
    Napolitano noted that the president cannot legally spend tax dollars to move detainees from Gitmo without notifying Congress. He also reiterated that the release provides "material support" to a terrorist organization, adding that earlier this week, President Obama admitted that the five could "absolutely" return to the battlefield at some point.
    "That means he knew they were going to go back. That means his behavior substantially assisted the Taliban. Guess what? That's a felony that his Justice Department has prosecuted people for," said Napolitano, pointing out that the U.S. government has declared the Taliban to be a terror organization.
    The administration is reportedly considering the release of another Gitmo detainee, so Brian Kilmeade asked what President Obama gains with these actions.
    "I don't know what the president gains by this. Unless he wants to perpetrate the myth that al Qaeda and the Taliban are no longer dangerous and we all know that that's a myth," said Napolitano, arguing the president continues to pick and choose which laws he wants to enforce.
    Kilmeade pointed out there are never any ramifications for the president acting without Congress, like he has done in changing some portions of ObamaCare.
    "You're going to start hearing the I-word, impeachment. You're going to start hearing it and as soon as you start hearing it from Democrats, he's gonna have sleepless nights," said Napolitano, noting that Democrats still have concerns over the lack of notification about the prisoner swap.
    Watch Napolitano's analysis above and Sen. Chambliss on On the Record below. Plus, don't miss the exclusive Kelly File interview with six members of Bergdahl's platoon, tonight at 9p/12a ET.
    Read the judge's new column on FoxNews.com.

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    GOP, Democrats Angry That 90 in Administration Knew of Bergdahl Deal

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    A political storm over the trade of five Taliban inmates for a captured American soldier intensified on Monday when Obama administration officials told U.S. lawmakers that up to 90 people within the administration - but no members of Congress - were told in advance about the swap. [Full Story]

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    White House: 90 in Administration Knew of Bergdahl Deal, But Not Congress


    Monday, 09 Jun 2014 08:50 PM
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    Between 80 and 90 administration staffers knew about the trade of five Taliban leaders for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl even though Congress was kept in the dark, CNN reports, and members of both parties are unhappy about it.

    During a classified briefing to the entire House of Representatives late Monday afternoon, White House officials said that up to 90 people had prior knowledge of the trade.

    House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon called that news "disturbing," partly because of the high number who knew and partly because the White House has been saying it didn't inform Congress until after the swap was made because it feared Bergdahl's life might be in danger if there had been a leak.

    McKeon, a California Republican, told CNN he wants to get an exact number of those who knew and their names.

    "My question to them was, if you don't know who knew, then how could you – if a leak had happened and the sergeant had been killed – how could you go back and find out who leaked?" McKeon said.

    "It strikes me as unfortunate that they could have 80 to 90 people in the administration aware of what was happening and not be able to trust a single Republican or Democrat in the House or the Senate," Representative Greg Walden of Oregon, a member of the House of Representatives Republican leadership, told reporters after leaving a briefing on the exchange.

    Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, declined to offer a defense of the administration when offered the chance by CNN's Ashleigh Banfield.

    "It didn't sit very well with those of us who were listening at the briefing," Schiff said of the news that so many administration staffers knew of the decision ahead of time.

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    A law passed by Congress last year and signed by Obama requires a 30-day notice before any prisoners associated with terrorist attacks against the United States are released from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But Schiff said Obama had constitutional authority under Article 2 to make the decision.

    Still, he told CNN, it would have been "far wiser" to have at least notified the leadership of Congress to preserve comity with the co-equal branch of government.

    "And the fact that there were so many people within the know in the administration doesn't help their case," Schiff added.

    He also pointed out that more leaks have come from the administration than from Congress.

    Schiff echoed a growing number of Democrats unhappy with Obama. The National Review's Ron Fournier says he has been receiving a number of emails from Democrats saying they don't like the way Obama is handling things. The controversial Bergdahl release is just the latest issue to set them off.

    House Republicans said they planned an investigation of the exchange deal.

    Lawmakers and human rights activists said they expected the furor would make it more difficult to win Congress' backing for Obama's avowed intention to close the detention camp, long criticized by human rights groups and others.

    "Congress does not like to be left out of the loop," Texas Representative Gene Green, a Democrat, told Reuters. If the White House had called at least the leaders of national security committees, "that would have been much better and maybe we would not have had this controversy," he said.

    Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said in a Senate speech on Monday he would introduce a bill this week that would bar any federal funding for Guantanamo transfers for six months.

    Congressional aides told Reuters that similar legislation is expected to be introduced as soon as this week in the Republican-led House, where opposition to closing the Guantanamo prison is far stronger than in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

    A classified Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the matter is planned for Tuesday with senior defense and intelligence officials. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will testify in a public House Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday.

    CNN also reported that the hearing disclosed something previously unknown outside the White House: that it was Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and not President Barack Obama who gave the final order to make the trade.

    McKeon said that surprised him because when he saw the president in the Rose Garden with Bergdahl's parents on Saturday it "sounded like he was taking full credit for the operation."

    McKeon speculated that blowback on the decision from both parties in Congress may have something to do with the new information that Hagel OK'd the deal.

    "I don't know who's in charge or who's making the decisions," McKeon said.

    Schiff did offer some defense of the White House, saying that it isn't possible for the 535 members of Congress to make such a decision, and that it was right for Obama, as commander-in-chief, to allow his administration to make the tough call.

    Still, he admitted, it isn't possible to guarantee the five Taliban commanders will not return to the battle.

    "There's no way to eliminate the risk," he said.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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    Obama’s POW Exchange Could Have Just Unleashed His Worst Nightmare

    Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy describes exactly what could happen to Obama


    B. Christopher AgeeJune 3, 2014

    According to multiple experts, the Obama administration’s actions in facilitating the release of American prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl was an obvious violation of law and could ultimately result in his impeachment proceedings.

    Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy has a new book in which he details the case of Obama’s impeachment. The recent deal with the Taliban to release five terrorist subjects for Bergdahl’s return, he explains, is yet another route that could lead to charges.
    Republican leaders explain Obama himself signed a law last year requiring him to give Congress 30 days’ notice prior to releasing any Guantanamo Bay prisoner.
    Aside from the fact that Bergdahl has since been accused of being an Army deserter who expressed his shame about being a soldier and an American, the administration’s handling of his return has become a controversy in itself.
    In a recent statement, Rep. Buck McKeon and Sen. Jim Inhofe – both ranking members of their respective armed services committees – explained that Obama not only violated the 30-day notice law but also failed “to explain how the threat posed by such terrorists has been substantially mitigated.”
    The Daily Mail cites a White House insider who was stunned by the public backlash against the move, noting administration officials expected “a January 1981 moment” of celebration, as with the release of 52 Americans being held hostage in Iran.
    White House sources contended that fears for Bergdahl’s health made his release a priority; however, Press Secretary Jay Carney would not confirm that assertion in a recent press conference.
    McCarthy is far more concerned about the release of five dangerous terrorist suspects than in the administration’s failure to give adequate notice to Congress.
    He said that “because high crimes and misdemeanors are not statutory offenses but political wrongs that endanger the United States, the return of senior terrorists to the Taliban while we still have soldiers in harm’s way is, in my view, a ‘high crime and misdemeanor.’”
    The latest scandal is just one more piece in a puzzle that adds up to a president deserving of impeachment, he explained.
    “If it was a standalone, I would never impeach based solely on it,” he said; “but I would add it to a larger indictment.”

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