There is little question that the deal approved by Barack Obama to trade five dangerous terrorists for an Army sergeant accused of desertion struck many Americans as ill-advised and potentially dangerous. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, however, took the criticism to a higher level in a report released Thursday. By failing to give Congress 30 days’ notice before releasing the prisoners, the agency found the Defense Department in clear violation of a federal law. The GAO cited one specific section of the law, signed by Obama himself, it determined was violated in the widely criticized prisoners swap. Calling the law’s mandate “clear and unambiguous,” the GAO ultimately sided with a number of critics who, from the beginning, asserted that the deal was inherently illegal. Read more at westernjournalism/breaking-gao-report-finds-bergdahl-release-violated-federal-law/#GeXS67ECIkP5b3W2.99
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 02:20:01 +0000
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