WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon broke the law when it swapped Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a prisoner in Afghanistan for five years, for five Taliban leaders, congressional investigators said Thursday. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office said the Defense Department failed to notify the relevant congressional committees at least 30 days in advance of the exchange — a clear violation of the law — and used $988,400 of a wartime account to make the transfer. The GAO also said the Pentagons use of funds that hadnt been expressly appropriated violated the Antideficiency Act. In our view, the meaning of the (law) is clear and unambiguous, the GAO wrote to nine Republican senators, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and various committees. Section 8111 prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014, to transfer any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay to the custody or control of a foreign entity except in accordance with the law. Just another law broken by our current government.. but again this has become the norm,, so keep electing the same ol re-runs,,
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 01:51:53 +0000
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