I agree that it’s something more than “mere” incompetence.
BTW, according to a seemingly knowledgeable poster here, the prisoners were not just Libyans, but included some Iranians. This makes me wonder how many prisoners there were in total...but aside from that, I suspect that Obama had agreed with Ahmadinejad to spring his people (who I hope did not include the kidnapped nuclear scientists).
Obama wouldn’t be so upset about incompetence, because everybody already knows he’s a boob and nobody cares. There’s something else he’s trying to keep under wraps.
Maybe..........the prisoner was OBL.