The release of five Taliban leaders from Guantanamo Bay endangers our soldiers abroad and our citizens at home, and the President’s decision was not only wrong, but also unlawful. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), led by an Obama appointee, published a report in August confirming what we already knew, that the President violated the law in two ways: he violated the requirement to notify Congress before releasing the detainees and he spent money that was not appropriated by Congress, in violation of the Antideficiency Act, to transfer them. Today’s bipartisan resolution makes clear that the President’s go-it-alone approach is unacceptable. Instead of keeping Congress in the dark, especially on high-risk national security issues, the President should work with us to ensure the safety of all Americans. tinyurl/ow4wufy
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 21:51:42 +0000
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