The law clearly states that Congress will be notified by the Secretary of Defense before a prisoner swap in done. In addition, the law states that Congress will be assured that any prisoners being released will not return to fighting. The law has been broken by Obama and the Secretary of Defense but I am sure nothing will come of it.
How do you know Congress wasn’t notified? I doubt, if they were, they would have done anything.
Oh -- and that goes for the five al-Qaeda guys at Gitmo, too. The whole purpose of having them there was that they had no legal status as either criminals subject to U.S. law or prisoners of war subject to the provisions of the Geneva Convention.
Welcome to the brave new world of colonial military campaigns.
I can’t see it as anything but treason.
The great and amazing Obama can deal with the Taliban( Killers of Americans,babies,and women) to get a coward back... But he can’t deal with Mexico(A supposed friend of America) to get an American Soldier back.... What’s wrong here?