The Government Accountability Office reported today that Obama violated a “clear and unambiguous” law when he exchanged five Guantanamo Bay detainees for Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl earlier this year.
“[The Department of Defense] violated section 8111 because it did not notify the relevant congressional committees at least 30 days in advance of the transfer,” the GAO report reads. “In addition, because DOD used appropriated funds to carry out the transfer when no money was available for that purpose, DOD violated the Antideficiency Act. The Antideficiency Act prohibits federal agencies from incurring obligations exceeding an amount available in an appropriation.”
Of course, don’t expect Obama to stop playing golf and run to address this crime – just add this to the list of 76 crimes Senator Ted Cruz published earlier this year.
Obama knows that this government is completely locked down with communists, Muslim Brotherhood members and complicit criminals. No, Obama isn’t about to break a sweat, unless it’s on the 18th hole.
The report comes several months after the Obama administration released five senior Taliban members from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for Bergdahl, who had disappeared in 2009. Under the exchange terms, the five Taliban are to remain in Qatar for a year.
Lawmakers at the time complained about the security implications of releasing Taliban leaders from Guantanamo, but also about the late notification by the Pentagon that they were going forward with the swap.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, among the lawmakers who requested the report, said Thursday that the president “clearly defied” the law.
“We have all seen the President decide to override the concept of checks and balances in many questionable executive actions, but the GAO opinion confirms that by doing so in connection with the release of Bowe Bergdahl, he engaged in a clear violation of the law,” she said in a statement. “I hope this opinion by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office sends a clear signal to the President that his recent shift towards unilateral action is not consistent with this nation’s principles and our carefully designed separation of powers.”
Whether the finding will result in any formal legal complaint remains to be seen. The House Armed Services Committee has prepared a “resolution of disapproval” potentially to be considered later this year about the swap, but such a measure is nonbinding.
At issue were recent laws passed by Congress. The latest Defense spending bill states that no money can be used to transfer Guantanamo prisoners to another country “except in accordance” with a separate, related Defense law. That law requires the secretary of Defense to notify key congressional committees at least 30 days before such a transfer.
The swap occurred May 31 of this year. However, the GAO report said those committees were only notified between May 31 and June 2.
arrest him!
So, what’s new?
No one will hold Obama accountable for this or any of his other offenses. The Republicans are a bunch of pussies. They talk a lot but won’t do $#%&!@*.
DUH nothing new there-nobody stopped him then and nobody is stopping now as the criminals an terrorists walk in the back door Obama refuses to CLOSE HE ShOULD BE TRIED FOR TREASON BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS
We all know that but no one will do anything about it.
Who is getting him out of all of this,that is the Criminal,why isnt he Arrested,so you are saying he is Untouchable,if not tell us what he would have to do to get arrested >?< and held accountable for his actions.>?<
yeah and what????? odumba does what the heck he wants—- he just keeps pushing and nothing is done–this is got to be the most corrupt administrations ever.. can’t wait to see how much further he’s going to push this country down the toilet
The Pentagon only did what Obama told them to do!
Sun says:
“JP I think he has done alot more than break “A” law.Come on he is ruining so many things that we have taken for granted here in America, freedom of speech is leaving a kid in school cant say “Bless you” to a friend who sneezed,now police are being very violent with citizens, if it wasnt being ok with the government then it would stop but is getting worse every day.Not standing up for Israel who is our only friend in those countries. Sending arms to the Muslim Brotherhood.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/feds-obama-broke-law-bergdahl-swap/comment-page-4/#comment-441659
how will any one who may become president and not believe in communism get this country cleaned out of all the illegals be them from Central Amer or Mid-east. It seems like an impossible job to me