[nickcarraway]

How do you know Congress wasn’t notified? I doubt, if they were, they would have done anything.

[McGruff]

It's Drudge's headline.

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.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bergdahl-release-arrangement-could-threaten-the-safety-of-americans-republicans-say/2014/05/31/35e47a2a-e8ff-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_print.html

[hoosiermama]

The head of the committee that was suppose to be notified states they had NOT received notification

[mazda77]

How do you know the sky is not falling? (that is what they call a rhetorical question, no answer is required because we know the answer already)

As any honest patriot, I stand with anyone who questions the current Congress, but even as I was out the whole day yesterday, I did know that it was at first, somewhat respected members who first blew the whistle.

[TexasCajun]

For one, the Obama administration failed to notify Congress 30 days in advance, as U.S. law requires, that it was transferring the five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo. U.S. officials explained their decision to notify Congress only after the detainees were being turned over to Qatari diplomats by saying Obama was acting in his capacity as commander in chief.

“This is a case of the commander in chief exercising his prerogative to get one of his soldiers back,” one official said. He asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to address the issue publicly.