Saturday, May 31, 2014

GOP Outraged At POW Release

++When the Bush administration released Yemenis from Gitmo,no one protested when they became solid members of Al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula. But when Taliban commanders are traded for our only POW,President Obama is accused of violating the law.

++Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon and Senator James Imhofe claim that President Obama didn't notify Congress about how the threat posed by the Taliban Commanders would be mitigated. President Obama alluded to this at his press conference with the parents. They also claim that they were supposed to have 30 days advanced warning.

++Talking Points provides the Administration's answers but I don't think they go far enough. What McKeon and Imhofe seem to refer to was the law prior to the last Defense bill, if I'm not mistaken.

++Imhofe claims this action gives incentives to terrorists to capture Americans.

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