The really BIG STORY here is that the UK and US governments knew about this release weeks ago. When is someone going to ask Obama why he elected to remain silent while this planned release was in the works?
Yes indeed.
The bigger question is when is someone going to ask him why he didn't remain silent.
It is just possible that the no-celebration deal had been made and might have been followed through
But when the Leader of the Free World then publicly orders a Third World Strongman NOT to do something, one of them is going to lose face.