Posted on 12/13/2015 4:30:13 PM PST by jazusamo
When Republican members of Congress learned in November 2011 that the Obama administration was contemplating a swap -- Taliban terrorists for captured ArmySgt. Bowe Bergdahl -- they wrote to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of their fears.
Mrs. Clinton wrote back that they had nothing to worry about. The White House would follow the law requiring a 30-day heads-up.
"I want to make clear that any transfer from Guantanamo will be undertaken after consultation with Congress and pursuant to all legal requirements for transfers, including those spelled out in the FY2012 [National] Defense Authorization Act," she said of the law signed by President Obama that December requiring that he notify Congress ahead of time.
Fewer than three years later, Mr. Obama freed five hard-line Taliban commanders from the prison at Guantanamo Bay. As the five left Cuba, U.S. specials forces troops rendezvoused with the Taliban on May 31, 2014, at a remote location in Afghanistan to pick up Sgt. Bergdahl. The Army would later charge him with desertion.
The White House neither consulted with Congress nor gave proper notification for the "illegal transfer."
Those are the conclusions in a new report by the House Armed Services Committee, issued over the dissent of panel Democrats. The role of Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic Party presidential front-runner, is described in the report's detailed chronology, gleaned from secret testimony from some of the players and classified documents.
The Clinton letter remains secret to this day. The committee could only disclose the sentence that ended up in a nonclassified letter from then-Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who led the intelligence committee and is one of those who sounded the alarm on any swap back in 2011.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Misled = Lied.
And she wouldn't have used legalese if she didn't want to hide that reason in plain sight, with full deniability.
I got all choked up. LOL!
The most infuriating part is that nothing will come of this.Hitlery will continue to skate.
I know what you mean, she’s always so believable.
It must be the cackle!
http://freebeacon.com/hillary-laugh-button/
The last paragraphs there... a movie is on the way about Bergdahl? Um, yeah, like we need that.
Wonder how much money Bergdahl will be paid for the movie?
ROFL!
Great graphic.
Yeah, I hear ya. The only movie made of that deserter should be at Leavenworth prison as an example of what happens to deserters if they’re not executed.
The it on Obama and Kerry, not Hillary.
Stick with Benghazi was all about a video and the families are lying about Hillary saying that.
The charge is treason, the sentence is Execution.
Movie deals and book deals are how they launder monetary payoffs for favors or silence.
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