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Prisoner Swap: Broken Law or Above Law?

Black Swan · 2014-06-02 13:08:24

Saturday USA Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was exchanged for 5 Taliban detainees held at Guantánamo. In doing so, the Obama administration violated a statutory law that required Congress be given 30 days notice before Guantánamo detainees were transferred from custody. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel admitted that Congress had not…

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#52 22-08-2014 1:42pm

Amerika

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The verdict is in... the Bergdahl prisoner swap was illegal.

No consequences? No hell to pay? Does the President go golfing?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/bowe-bergdahl-deal-us-government-watchdog

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#53 25-08-2014 2:55pm

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Frankly, no, i don't see any. This appears to be one of those cases where the law is an ass. The president should be fined one cent, to acknowledge the illegality, and we all move on.

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#54 11-10-2014 7:31am

Black Swan

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10 October 2014 Army Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl has completed the investigation of Bowe Bergdahl's disappearance and capture by the Taliban in 2009, but will not release the results to the news media. Did Bergdahl desert is post and/or go AWOL? The general has set no timeline to make a decision regarding this case. In the mean time, Bergdahl is on active duty at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

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