Posted on 06/05/2014 12:39:35 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the decision to strike a deal with the Taliban for the release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was unanimous in the White House as it was believed that the soldier's life was "in peril".
Bergdahl was handed over to U.S. special operations forces in Afghanistan on Saturday after five years in captivity in exchange for the transfer of five senior Taliban members from Guantanamo prison in Cuba to Qatar.
It provoked criticism from some lawmakers in Congress who were angry that U.S. President Barack Obama's administration had not alerted them in advance, while some of Bergdahl's former comrades have charged that he was captured after deserting.
Hagel told the BBC in an interview aired on Thursday that Barack Obama's administration had to act quickly and without first consulting Congress which is supposed to be given 30 days notice before transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay.
"It was our judgment based on the information that we had that his life, his health were in peril," Hagel told the BBC in an interview in Romania.
"It was our judgment, and it was unanimous by the way .. that we didn't want to take any chance here."
He said the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, director of national intelligence, and attorney general, had all come to the same conclusion.
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The word is, “Anonymous.”
Hagel likes shiny objects...
Any prisoner of the tallybon worth his or her salt, would be beheaded within 24 hours.
The mere fact that this guy was there 5 years is 4 years and 364 days worth of evidence that he was an islamic wannabe collaborator traitor.
A narcissist always believe it is “unanimous”, because he is the only vote that matters.
Hagel would need a ladder to get into a box of rocks.
His life was in peril the moment he walked away from his squad. That he had failed to make friends, failed in being accepted as a afgan immigrant, and had outlived his welcome with the Haqqari is inconsequential.
Hagel..I can’t imagine that you will get a warm welcome from your troops after this disaster. You must be the dumbest ever SecDef.
Hagel has been busy lately working on integrating transsexuals into the military. Cut him some slack. /s
Lying again UpChuck? The truth is that the kenyan ordered all of you fascist dick lickers to say what you were told.
By the way; when you’re out of office DON’T come back to Nebraska. We don’t want your vile stench coming back here.
Who did or didn’t like the plan in the administration does not affect them breaking the law by not consulting with Congress at least 30 days in advance. Obama should not have signed the law if he didn’t intend to follow it.
Sure it was “unanimous” since there was only one “u” needed — Ubama.
Yahoo has been busy spinning this ever since it came up. If any media is worse than MSNBC it would be Yahoo.
WHAT ABOUT ANDREW YOU HORSES ASS.
They all wanted the VA scandal out of the headlines.
Sec. of Defense - Drunk
Sec. of State - Traitor
CJCOS - Weasel
DNI - Incompetent
AG - Traitor
POTUS - Community Organizer Marxist
We wouldn’t want Hagel stinking up the feedlots around here.
A box of rocks has more potential for intelligent thought then Hagel. Hell, a box of rocks has more potential than Hagel, period!
White House Overrode Internal Objections to Taliban Prisoner Release
http://time.com/2818827/taliban-bergdahl-pow-release-objections-white-house/
Hagel likes shiny objects...
and Jack Daniels , Jim Beam ,Johnny Walker ,Captain Morgan
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