[BigEdLB]

Does anyone else smell a weird setup here. Obama knew the story of this soldier, and this was an excuse to let the five jihadi leaders go home and cause more mischief... I hate to think of it that way, but it sure seems like it. And the drones in the RAT party are either afraid of blackmail from the administration, naive about the administration, or complicit with the administration, as they are Islam believers too.

[LS]

As much as I despise Obama, I do NOT think he is a big-time blackmailer. That was more of a Clinton tactic. Obama tends to release stuff as soon as he gets it and bludgeon opposition into submission, not leverage them. I have never believed John Roberts was blackmailed about anything. I thought Roberts concocted that decision on Obamacare for his own reasons, perhaps to show how clever he was. Moreover, I don't think Obama and his team are SMART enough to use blackmail effectively.

He is too arrogant, to narcissistic to operate this way. He likes it out in the open where people can admire him.

[Rome2000]

These 5 were specifically named by the Taliban as the ones they wanted released from GB in exchange for the deserter, who was collaborating with the enemy.