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Bowe Bergdahl Prisoner Swap Was Illegal, Says Government Accountability Office
IBTimesUK ^
| 08/21/14
| Christopher Harrass
Posted on 12/11/2015 11:00:31 AM PST by Baynative
The Pentagon broke the law when it swapped five Taliban leaders for Bowe Bergdahl earlier this year, an independent government watchdog agency said on Thursday.
~snip~
The swap cost the White House $988,400, none of which was intended to pay for the prisoner trade. The costs covered Bergdahlâs pick up in Afghanistan and the transfer of five Taliban leaders from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Qatar, where they will stay for the remainder of the year.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; illegal; obama; swap
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Of course this article was written over a year ago and the Taliban Five are back on the battlefield, Bergdahl is doing media interviews and beating the system and congress has NOTHING to say about Obama's lawless path through the embers of our smoldering constitution.
Maybe Obama getting to pat down Bergdahl's mama helped smooth the deal.
(...that might be something the families of the Christian captives in Iran that Obama is ignoring could try)
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:00:31 AM PST
by
Baynative
To: Baynative
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:02:04 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Baynative
One of many appalling things this admin. has done.
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:02:19 AM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: Baynative
an illegal act - I suspect many of us knew that. So, now that it official when can we see corrective action - like an indictment???
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:02:50 AM PST
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: Baynative
Arrest. Try. Convict. Hang.
In any order you want!
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:03:19 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: Baynative
That whole photo op was surreal.
To: Baynative
Note the blaming of the Pentagon when we all know the order came from Ohole himself..
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:04:18 AM PST
by
cardinal4
(Certified Islamophobe)
To: Baynative
let's all hold our breaths until justice is served on the criminal obozo
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:08:00 AM PST
by
drypowder
To: Baynative
More evidence of our Muslim Brotherhood-controlled White House. Prosecute and arrest 0dunga for TREASON.
To: Baynative
The fact that it was illegal was pretty widely published at the time.
Why does the GAO agreeing with what was widely known make any difference since no one is going to lift a finger to do anything about the POS in charge breaking the law ?
IMHO, the GAO just wants to be on record as being honest long after their saying anything could make any difference.
It's called covering your butt with paper.
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:08:25 AM PST
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
To: drypowder
If Hillary is elected, 0dunga's crimes remain without any accountability and he stays in the country continuing his WAR on America.
If a Republican is elected 0dunga LEAVES THE COUNTRY, I guarantee you that.
To: CivilWarBrewing
More evidence of our Muslim Brotherhood-controlled White House. Prosecute and arrest 0dunga for TREASON.
Trump's first week in office will be just filled with fun.
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:10:34 AM PST
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Baynative
This is a Tweet from Bergdahl's father, the evil bearded Islamist who 0dunga hugged:
To: CivilWarBrewing
save Rubio or Bush
To: Baynative
And who will be indicted for this?
NO ONE.
Who will be prosecuted for this?
NO ONE.
Who will be censured for this?
NO ONE.
They are the Ruling classm we are the flyover people.
They get the perks, we get flushed on.
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:18:29 AM PST
by
Tupelo
(Honest men go to Washington, but honest men do not stay in Washington.)
To: CivilWarBrewing
When he is out of office things could get uncomfortable in many areas. Some people could still end up facing criminal prosecution, but with our tax money supporting him Obama and his nasty racist wife will have many years to travel the world with their entourages and the secret service protecting them as they support muslim aggression and spew their hateful rhetoric about our nation.
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:21:40 AM PST
by
Baynative
(Liberty lost is a high price to pay for the experiment of socialism.)
To: Baynative
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:24:03 AM PST
by
QT3.14
(USA is facing assisted-suicide by the Left)
To: Tupelo
"They get the perks, we get flushed on." Don't you know there are plenty of liberal elites and their presstitutes who think EXACTLY that when they fly across our amber waves of grain and snow capped mountains on their way to another gathering of swells?
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:24:09 AM PST
by
Baynative
(Liberty lost is a high price to pay for the experiment of socialism.)
To: Baynative
“The swap cost the White House $988,400”
They could have just chartered a flight with Nepal Airlines or Tara Air. Good chance we would be rid of the lot of them. Might have even splurged and upgrade to Afghan airline Kam Air.
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:29:44 AM PST
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
“One of many appalling things this admin. has done.”
It’s not just this Administration, the Republicans have control of both Houses of Congress, and stand by and do NOTHING! We are in serious trouble as a Country.
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posted on
12/11/2015 11:42:58 AM PST
by
Shane
(When Injustice Becomes Law, RESISTANCE Becomes DUTY.----T.Jefferson)
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