[Mariner]

"Congress states they require certification from the SoS for the funds to be spent...SoS says POTUS is going ahead anyway."

But EVERYONE in Congress knows their feel-good restriction has no force in law. They knew that when the wrote the appropriation bill.

That's the point.

[rxsid]

It's not a "feel good" restriction.

In fact, Billary is using a "national security waiver" to bypass the Congressional restriction.

If there were no legality to it...it would be completely pointless for the SoS to evoke such a waiver.

Clearly, she doesn't view it as a "feel good" restriction.