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Justice Department May Probe Alleged Bergdahl Ransom Payment
The daily Beast ^ | February 19, 2016 | Shane Harris

Posted on 02/19/2016 11:53:47 AM PST by McGruff

The Justice Department's top watchdog is considering whether to review the legality of any payments that the U.S. government may have made for the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and what role the FBI played in efforts to free the soldier from captivity in Pakistan, The Daily Beast has learned.

The department's inspector general, Michael Horowitz, wrote a letter to a member of Congress earlier this month saying that he had opened a "preliminary inquiry" into the matter, which concerns allegations that the U.S. government paid a ransom for Bergdahl's freedom, and that in February 2014 the FBI sent a representative to the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan expecting Bergdahl to be released.

Bergdahl didn't show up and wasn't freed until May of that year, when the Obama administration traded five Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the soldier, who had left his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was captured.

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To: McGruff

Loretta lynch is in charge.

Is everyone in tge press on drugs?


21 posted on 02/19/2016 12:38:14 PM PST by stanne
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To: McGruff

An attempted PR plug for the farcical Obama admin Justice Department by Soros bankrolled leftwing rag The Daily Beast.


22 posted on 02/19/2016 12:41:37 PM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: McGruff

Get a rope
For the scum who ordered the transfer


23 posted on 02/19/2016 12:57:23 PM PST by Joe Boucher
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To: dirtboy
. . . considering whether to review allegations . . .

Oooh. Sounds serious to me. /s

24 posted on 02/19/2016 1:07:20 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (Diversity is Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sharing the same jail cell.)
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To: DoughtyOne

He’s a real popular guy when you are trying to not find anything.


25 posted on 02/19/2016 1:08:03 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

I agree...


26 posted on 02/19/2016 1:14:29 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: VRWCarea51

Yes....you are correct, as am I....this is about intimidating Comey


27 posted on 02/19/2016 1:59:02 PM PST by Be Careful
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