Obama celebrated the release of deserter Bowe Bergdahl with a White House press conference in the Rose Garden in May 2014.
Posted on 12/22/2014 6:49:48 AM PST by servo1969
Lt. Colonel Tony Shaffer, author of The Last Line, and Ret. Col. David Hunt joined Bill O’Reilly to give an update on the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap. Lt. Colonel Shaffer told Bill the Obama administration paid $5 billion and released five top Taliban Gitmo detainees in exchange for deserter Bowe Bergdahl.
Obama celebrated the release of deserter Bowe Bergdahl with a White House press conference in the Rose Garden in May 2014.
Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, who was part of the negotiations, told Bill O’Reilly the US paid out $5 billion and traded five top Taliban detainees for Bergdahl.
Bill O’Reilly: Let me just stop you. There were three trade scenarios, there were three things they could have done. You were involved to try to work that out to some extent?
Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer: Not all of them involved trade. One of them essentially was a direct action. One of them involved my aspect, which was not again a trade. It was something working the issue. And, obviously the one the president went with was the $5 billion to Qatar and the trade of the five Taliban.
O’Reilly: Are you surprised this report… Why hasn’t been released? The Pentagon, they’re not supposed to be political.
Lt. Col. Shaffer: Bill, I understand General Dahl, the investigating officer did an incredible job… I understand he confirmed what was in previous report… Effectively, he deserted.
Via The O’Reilly Factor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q74axlcQovg
Bergdahl was just an excuse.
Both are traitors.
get a rope.
You’ve nailed it.
One practical question, though. How does Obama find $5 billion to throw out with almost no traces? I think I know there’s some flex in the way authorized funds are dispensed, but this is more than pocket change.
Correct. There is no chance that this is what happened.
$5 billion?
No way
No fricking way!
Plus,Obama got his hands on some skinny white behind!
Shock report? Who was shocked by this? This was all well known, just now well believed (and still will not be by the 0bamaphants)
5 billion dollars will be used to murder, rape,
behead, and enslave tens of thousands.
More blood on the hands of Obama and his EXEMPT supporters
in the treasonous US Congress.
Bammy has a really LARGE $ta$h.....
With that kind of investment, Bergdahl will end up wearing stars.
One was a traitor...the other committed treason; they should both hang.
5 BILLION DOLLARS? un-effin-believable.
Bank settlements?
No...the Pentagon gave a military budget check to Qatar, and Qatar arranged for the release, with cash going to the Mafia-like Taliban unit (they had zero interest in the five prisoners....they wanted the cash). So somewhere in this entire deal....there’s a fourth entity (the ones who wanted the five).
I can also say this....no budget officer in the Pentagon would go along with this deal (having worked with dozens throughout my career). So, something had to be worked up with Qatar accepting a check for military hardware (maybe tanks or helicopters), and then they paid the excess money out to the Taliban middle-guys. That’s the only way that the budget guys would have gone along with this.
Obama is a traitor to this country.
He is punishing our country for it’s ties to a colonial past.
The media is treacherous. Without the traitors in the media, Obama would never have been elected.
Ping.......
The 0Taliban helped his brethren with a hidden $5 billion for deserter Bergdahl.
Win-win!
Iran/Contra my ass.
This thing here if true, is full on treason of the highest order. It should bring down the government.
Obama broke the law to do make the trade and give the cash. Obama was required by law to notify congress 30 days prior to any deal. Obama knowingly refused to follow the law.
Classic impeachable offense!
It was probably taken from an account that was slated for something else. It is really helpful when your buddies are in charge of such accounts.
During the Bush Administration, Congress began to get ready for a possible fight against Ebola and other related diseases. They set up a government-sponsored science division and stocked it with 5 billion dollars, which means 5 billion per year. American taxpayer money.
They even got so far as a vaccine that worked. Then, Obama got into office and put one of his flunkies in charge. Pretty soon this 5 billion was getting petered out to various green energy factions like Solyndra. Wonder why we were't ready for Ebola?
That is "Obama stash."
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