There’s outrage in Congress over the Obama administration’s handling of the U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl case and some lawmakers are claiming the president’s actions broke the law.
House Republicans are claiming in a new report that the White House knowingly misled Congress about the effort to release five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay for Bergdahl, who was held captive by the militant group for nearly five years. Bergdahl was captured after he allegedly deserted his post in a combat zone.
Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee released a 98-page report Wednesday on its inquiry into the case of the so-called Taliban Five after lawmakers expressed outrage that the Obama administration did not give Congress a 30-day notice about transferring the detainees to Qatar, as required by law.
The five Taliban leaders, held at the military prison in Cuba, were informed that they were being released two days before the administration told Congress, the report said. They were put on a plane bound for Doha, Qatar on May 31, 2014, less than three hours after Bergdahl was released into U.S. custody.
Bergdahl of Idaho, was charged in March with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, a charge that carries up to life in prison.
The probe into the exchange involved 16 classified interviews totaling 31 hours, perusing more than 4,000 pages of written material, trips to Qatar and Guantanamo Bay and the review of several hours of classified video about the preparations for the transfer and how the five were flown to Qatar.
The report from House Republicans reiterated lawmakers’ complaint and a General Accounting Office finding that the transfer violated the National Defense Authorization Act and other laws. It said the Pentagon’s own Office of Detainee Policy was kept out of the loop about the prospective exchange.
“In the months preceding the Taliban Five transfer, the administration did not communicate any of the specifics or contemplated courses of action to the committee, and the information it did convey was misleading and obfuscatory,” the report said.
A Taliban statement to The Associated Press in June 2013 “contained more specifics about a prospective exchange than what was conveyed through official channels to the committee and others in Congress at the time,” the report said.
When news reports surfaced hinting at a swap, the report said administration officials told lawmakers that the U.S. was not engaged in direct negotiations with the Taliban, which was only true because the Qataris were acting as intermediaries.
Moreover, the committee Republicans said they do “not have confidence” that the Defense Department has clearly established who is responsible for making sure that Qatar abides by a memorandum of understanding it signed with the U.S. outlining how it would monitor the activities of the five after their release.
“Some of the Taliban Five have engaged in threatening activities since being transferred to Qatar,” the report said.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
Please help me to help all the Hardworking Americans that don’t feel comfortable in their own country because of obama! Sign my petition to impeach him, do your part America before we don’t have a country to defend! https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwh.gov%2FivEnK&h=vAQFj94MN
Impeachment is to good for him after what he’s done to our country. He should be charged with treason because he has committed treason over and over again. He should have been charged a long time ago. He should be in prison, preferably Gitmo.
Yes I agree BHO has caused tyranny in our country. He and Hillary should be indicted for running guns in Syria. They alone are responsible for the rise of Isis. It is questionable if Loretta Lynch has what it takes to do her job.
When has any Demoncrat done the Right Thing? I bet you wouldn’t need but one hand, with fingers to spare! I tried, but couldn’t use one finger. NO! NOT that finger, I’m not that crude. I am saving that one for the Traitor-Going-to-Prison. It can’t be soon enough! Will it be BHO or HRC? Both???
When I personally–mind you, personally!– asked him, “Mr. Obama(that is what he was in 2008, an ordinary Mr.) what exactly do you mean when you say our “Constitution is fundamentaly and fatally flawed.” ?”
My only answer was two big guys tapping my shoulder, pointing to the exit and pushing me in that direction, rather
quite roughly. Much like a cop that doesn’t want anyone to film or watch what they are doing.
Did I vote for him? Of coures I did
NOT! What a downright jerk! He didn’t have the cajones to even lie to me face-to-face. Unfortunately, he has overcome that ‘character flaw’ awfully quick, as he has NO compunction against lying about anything and everything at a moments notice, sometimes less. If the teleprompter works!
He gets me too upset. Good night, better go before some lib reports me to the Obamalover cops.
Loretta Lynch is Obama’s handler After all they are both Muslims and we even have the Muslims brotherhood in the white house in Key positions. Obama and all of his henchmen that he put into key positions need to be removed and tried and hung. Hopefully Trump will get rid of them all in when he becomes POTUS.
Impeachment is not an option. Arrest and execution is what is deemed.
Sorry about the above post. I WILL quit reading about this damnable, treasonous, no-good ‘thing’ illegally in our White House and usurping the Presidentcy. If I don’t I will get ulcers. Also, my Lord and God does not approve of wishing evil or revenge. However, maybe he will make an exception in this case and expedite the treasonous and treacherous BHSO’s reception with Satan,aka allah, and his buddies in Hell!
Jesus is God
Allah is Satan.
Signed. But O’Lair will never get impeached. This country is too busy being politically correct. And that is our demise. TRUMP 2016 is our only hope.
sorry for the typo……O’LIAR…
Don’t hold back I never do. He is a lying incompetent Muslim/Traitor. Get out of our White House you S.O.B.
I tried to sign your petition but it would not come up. Someone may have stopped it like the lying bastards in the White House. Check it out.
Yes! start impeachment immediately! A better charge would be treason! It is well known that Obama was born Shia Muslim and went to Islamic school until He came to America for further education! The President understands exactly what He is doing or not doing in the Mideast in regards to ISIS and Iran. When He held His hand on the Quran to take the Oath of Office was He taking an Oath to the American constitution or to Allah? Why is it so difficult for our political office holders to understand why our President defends the actions of Islam and criticize the actions of the Christian faith. They have many more years of study and experience in politics than I do and I understand what is going on. Islam is not just another Religion. Islam is a unique creation of political and religion Ideology with military enforcement into a Theoretic society like none other in history. It is a total life style, a Theocracy from their God, Allah. Congress has not taken action against Obama because they don’t want to be accused of being raciest or because Obama is of the Muslim faith. So do we just accept the Islam faith for our constitution and allow them to kill everyone that refuses to accept Allah for rule of law? I hope not!!!!!!
Our President is not saying to us what He believes but what He wants US to believe!!!
The Media should stop saying that the President does not understand what is going on in the Mideast and Iran. The President is not only well educated He is very clever and has discrete reasoning for His actions or non actions when it involves Islamic actions.
Tell me this, If Islam is a peaceful Religion, can you explain why they have been killing each other since 656? That is 1,359 they have brought devastation on each other. Of course they have been killing Jews, Christians and all infidels a little longer. They are still doing both with no let up.
Yet Hillary and others still proclaim that Islam is a peaceful Religion. This is mass deception!!!!!!!
Hell NO. Islam has NO business in our Christian./ Judeo founded country. They have shown us what they are Across the MIddle East and recently Across Europe. They do not belong in our Constitutionally Governed Country. We know they will not Assimulate into our Customs and way of life , So better they go some where else, and take they’re “Quoron” with them.. Dr Ben Carson says it best, Islamic Muslims are not compatible with our form of Constitutional Government ,and Judicial Laws, all based on our Bible. We need a new Law to keep idiot Judges from saying that Sharia Law be accepted into our Country. Law enforcement should be visiting MosQues at randum to see what goes on in there. We all know thats the meeting place for Radical Islamic Jihahdi types. Screw Obama’s Exec–Orders barring Police from Inspecting Terror Mosques and installing monitoring devices to keep Tabs on these potential Killers, from the religion of peace., only suckers would believe.
Great idea! However; FYI: your ‘1 click link’ to sign up needs to be repaired.
This Congress has been upset with Obama for 7 years. What make you think they are going to do anything to stop him now. If it wasn’t for a few Federal Judges delaying some of his programs, nothing would of stop him. Need a new President and Congress.
They obviously have not been dissatisfied with him or they would have blocked him on numerous occasions. We need a BIG change on both sides of the aisle and last but not least, something completely different in the WH. ..someone who is able to put a name to the enemies of this country, that is enemy with an s on the end. What we do with the ones that are America’s enemies that are ensconced in the govt? Maybe we could fill up those cells that were emptied out by our less than illustrious leader or reopen Alcatraz, they can’t swim away as s..t can’t float or swim.
Our politicians are scared to death for their families if they piss him off at them ! They know what he will do to them ! That is why they will only go so far as to disagreeing with him ! they know he has his own private army to handle any trouble-makers for him and his family! they know that ,that is why he and is family are never together! When The time comes ,WHEN THE TROUBLE REALLY STARTS ____ they already have a place to meet in the land of his father !!!!!!! I FEEL, UNLESS SOMEONE CLOSE TO HIM <WHO IS A TRUE AMERICAN <HAS ENOUGH BALLS & AUTHORTHY TO HANE HIM ARRESTED FOR TREASON OR IMPEACHED . WE AMERICANS ARE GOING TO HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS JULY 4th 2016.
You definitely have that right. Doesn’t everyone know that Congress, the Democrats and Republicans have all been paid off and are backed by BIG MONEY….like Sorros; Buffet that is the reason why Obama gets his way on every issue. They are also afraid to stand up to him for fear he has something on everyone (yes…blackmail) if you want to call it that. They are also afraid to stand up to him because he will claim racism.
How many times does the appointed president have to prove that congress is irrelevant and even less than “a bump in the road.” Guess it is perfectly okay because the congress doesn’t seem to mind being ignored. Keep in mind that the GOP continuously appoints RINOs (democrats disguised as republicans) to be their speakers so the president doesn’t have to worry about any trouble from the congress.
Impeach Obama as this is only one instance were he has gone way beyond the law. To much is too much.
This whole affair smelled to high heaven. What is it going to take to finally expose all of the lies and back room deals., then punish ALL involved .. It’s way past time to clean out the sewer that passes for leadership in our government. I don’t have to like everything about Donald Trump to see him as our last hope of saving our country , But I hope he is given the chance. I pray that the slime in office now don’t find a way to hurt him . If you don’t think that’s a possibility , just look back and see all of the (accidents) that have happened to people deemed dangerous to the party or cause.
What can Congress expect from a president that has lied so many times. Why are the people in Congress not smart enough to know that when Obama’s mouth is moving it is a lie. If you like your Doctor you can keep your doctor,
Then is where Obama tells of his love for Muslims:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsUJ2wu0iX4
NO where can you find any place where is says any where how much he thinks Christians have done anything for America or the world. If you can please give the website address.
obama traded Bergdahl in exchange of returning the 5 terrorists because Bergdahl may have been a muslim convert.
Obama has been doing everything he did illegally since he got in office!!! Why would anybody think that Congress is going to do anything now. We need to clean out Washington, Congress and everyone that has had anything to do with Obama!!! He and Congress plus Clinton and Obama’s entire administration should be in jail not running around free and Clinton running for president, what a joke!!! Obama and everyone he’s put in office plus Congress has been doing everything they could do to drag this country down to their level since, and before, Obama has been in office.
Ike
What DOESN’T Obama lie about? The short list would be the things he’s told the truth about, which is probably a blank sheet!
When i was in the service desertion meant the firing squad not having a social gathering in the rose garden with our disgusting leader groping the mother of the deserter and the father praising allah. No matter how you try and spin this fiasco — it was setup illegally, carried out illegally with both the deserter and obozo should be imprisoned for. I think at this time I would be hard pressed to say who is the bigger traitor to America, the deserter or the fraud in the White House.
….LOL…..THIS IS ALL YOU GOT? JUST HOW MANY LAWS DOES THIS MAKE THAT OVOMIT HAS BROKE? TENS, HUNDEREDS, THOUSANDS, MILLIONS, ETC……….AND YOU FINALLY GOT ONE!!!! WOW……
kick the BASTARD out of office ,in the next Year he will sell us out completely ,get rid of his ass before we go down to the tubes completely
Bob says,
Obama should be impeached, but for other laws that he has committed he should be convicted of and sent to jail.
Don’t think the other 535 people in Washington don’t know what’s going on, because some do, and they to should
be convicted
This president has destroyed our country and if we ever recover from his illegal acts and his the conspiracy that him and Hillary have created to reduce are military, steal from the aging population, lie to congress and to recklessly run our country in to the ground. HE has sold us down the river him and all his muslin conspirators. They have made our country paranoid and and scared of what will follow. When this country was formed this is NOT what our fore fathers had in mind, your government is supposed to be for the people. ,
It does not do any good to post all this ,as we have a house & congress who set on there Duff and don’t do anything about it. I don’t like term limits but if things don’t change I think that is what the people are going to have to do. They have forgot the work for the People!
Congress is shares most of the guilt as they know what is going on and they won’t do a damn thing about it. Water board, fire cage, dropped from plane without a chute…all of these are to easy of a punishment.
obama became pres. 7yrs ago i new then a guy with the muzlim name borac obama running and all these fools in the union trades saying hes the man well i new then this guy was a trojan horse brought in our country to change us alright ?
Why does this surprise anyone now?? He has been breaking the law ever since he was first elected. There have been people starting ‘Impeach obuma’ petitions from day one. None have ever gone beyond the ‘We wish’ stage. Republican/Democrat, pretty much one and the same. This Congress was elected to stop obuma. Name one thing they have done to do so??
You are right, Congress just doesn’t have the backbone to do anything and yes he has been breaking the law ever since he took office. We really can’t expect this Muslim to change at this point. He was sent to us from Kenya to disrupt our country and to bring it to it’s end. So far he’s done that. There will be no help for We the People.
………While this latest revelation has been surmised by many, previously, Congress will do little. If any article of impeachment were to reach the Senate, do any of you actually believe O’Connell will be able to garner support? & further, do you think Reid will allow a vote? The unfortunate, in this latest travesty, is us the Americans.
I shudder to think what the Congress will do next about the lawless, narcissistic dictator, Obama. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth to even say his name. So far, congress has done nothing. They have let him get away with stomping all over our constitution, treason, and God knows what else. This man is evil and is allowing ISIS to set up a caliphate in the U.S. He needs to be stopped and it has to be done quickly!
Obama is incapable of telling the truth. But what would you expect from a Muslim/Traitor incompetent. The Senate has been complicit with his lying and going against our Constitution. Thanks to the dumb white people who voted for him the second time.
muslims always lie, they are not taught to tell the truth! What’s new. Just knock in the head and get it overwith!
We could have asked a 9th grader ( what would you do to protect our Embassies and Consulates around the world a couple of weeks before 9/11 ). He would probally say something like “owe I would just send in about 20 marines with flame throwers and machine guns and a few well equiped helicopters close by just in case they might be needed”. Now let me see. The pencil pushers said that was too expensive. Don’t we already own the flame throwers & helicopters & machine guns? Aren”t we paying the marines wherever they are. So it looks to me like the extra cost would have been the cost of cutting the orders and transportation to and from. BUT FOLKS LETS FACE IT; YOU CAN NOT EXPECT OUR GREAT LEADERS LIKE OBAMA & HILLARY TO REMEMBER 9/11 AND WHAT IT MEANS TO ISSIS; BUT THE WORSE THING THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND IS WE ARE IN A WAR WITH WORSE PEACE OF HUMANITY THIS WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN. OH, BUT THE 9TH GRADER UNDERSTANDS?
I think he has violated laws and the Constitution by what he has done, and he has lost the trust of the people by the choices and decisions he has made. A community, tribe or a Nation, is only a reflection of who and what is at the top. In America, we see destruction, the loss or lack of honor, respect and values, and no boundaries because people aren’t being held accountable or responsible. We live in a Nation that is unstable, insecure and untrustworthy, and for this country and Nation, it is wrong.
Obama is a “PUPPET”President ! Created by the “FAR LEFT” too destroy our America ! The only way we can stop our America from being completely destroyed is too IMPEACH this traitor !!!! There is more then enough evidence too get the job done !!!!
He and his cabinet have lied about almost everything. I personally think he and Hillary should both be in jail.
Once again this president ignores the law. Once again this president will probably get away with it.
No apologies for nor defending Obama is to be seen here.. However always so skeptical about “Campaign Promises”, in 2012 voted for Obama because McCain wasn’t running again. With misgivings, I hoped he’d eventually keep one promise — never again heard about — to “CHANGE” the National Circus prevailing in Washington DC.
I still believe McCain is one of the few Congressman deeply caring about the “Average Joe” and also willing to work with opponents toward compromise –whereas most of Republicans have long-demonstrated their preference for “DO NOTHING” — especially those affiliated with the Tea Party — clearly the most destructive influence in our government in many decades. (Paul Ryan is just as clearly some “Fresh Air”, most likely to persuade at least a few “Conservatives” to resume thinking and performing rationally.. Folks who cling to the Republican mantra are must be oblivious to what happened in WI, Ryan’s Home State (and mine) — after the current Governor took office and barely escaped a “RECALL” election, by becoming a POLITICAL PROSTITUTE habitually bending over to service the Koch brothers, as now do most Congressman.
Those who favor EITHER the Republicans or Democrats (in a “Straight Ticket” extreme) are just like Lemmings, NEVER doing their “Homework” and evaluating the Individual Candidate, regardless of Party Affiliation. In reality, a few “Platforms” of the Republicans are deserving — but far too overwhelming is the proclivity to favor the Billionaires and Huge Corporate predators of Democracy. Democrats haven’t strategized smartly, and so lost most influence. Bernie Saunders is their best candidate but probably won’t survive so many women voting for Clinton, for her being a female. Clinton has just as many skeletons hidden in her closet as does the former Potus.
Please clear your head of all the slanted “Journalists'” commentary — do your homework and look deeply at the warts on BOTH opposite sides. Our most hopeful anticipation MUST BE Trump running as an “Independent”; and after Saunders looses the Democrats’ nomination to Hillary, he joins Trump as the VICE PRESIDENTAIL candidate !!!!????
I first blogged here errantly thinking those who also do can trade ideas and opinions, and respond tolerantly !!?? Why be so intolerant and rate differences of opinions justifiable to insult with abusive diatribe ?? WE ARE NOT THE “ENEMY” but those
who “WE” MUST send packing are the Political Whores in Congress, the Lobbyists (including ousted Congressmen), and the
tiny minority of citizens who can afford to “BUY” EVERYTHING they want — including our government(S) !!
Instead of verbally fighting others, let’s join forces and DO SOMETHING, to vote for a COMPLETE TURNOVER in Congress !!
So what`s new…Emperor NObama & hillary lied, & people died.
How many times is Congres going to allow Obama get away with breaking our laws for keeping our United States safe with the same actions over and over?? Obama ought to be brought up on charges and be impeached!! I’m shocked at what he is allowed to get away with over and ovet. Why? Also have sanctions been returned against.Iran for deliberatly breaking the agreement with the US???
If You Must Allow Barack Obama To Shut Down The Government To Stop The Importation Of Islamic Terrorists Into The United States, Then SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN!
Enough is enough. Now that you’ve held your token vote and pretended to make an attempt to stop Barack Obama from importing Islamic terrorists directly into the United States, it’s time to get serious, stop the legislative charades and actually stop Barack Obama from importing Islamic terrorists into the United States by halting his dangerous refugee program.
In the end, Barack Obama is going to threaten to shut down the government unless you give him the funds to enable him to do whatever he wants. Barack Obama knows it. You know it and, while you may not realize it, the American people know it as well.
As far as the American people are concerned, if Barack Obama wants to import refugees infiltrated by Islamic terrorists into the United States so badly that he is willing to shut down the government to make it happen, then SHUT IT DOWN and keep it shut down until Obama either gives in to the demands of the American people or leaves office… PERIOD!
Trump may be an option but the person who can beat HRC or BS is Ben Carson. He may appear more as a dark horse now but he will be a force as the next WH occupant.