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.
come on when dont the illegal peace of $#%&!@* muslim domestic terorist break the law
DUUUHHH!!!! OVOMIT IS GOING TO FIX OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR LAWS!!! SO WE CAN BECOME MUSLIMS TOO !!! V
One broken law and promise of many nothing new what’s sad is no one nails him on it
The Obama Admin broke the law? That’s not news; that happens routinely. Any consequences for breaking the law? No! So, keep doing it.
We new that the day it happened.Why are they just now figuring it out?
Now we know , do something about are quit bitching
I turn on the news to hear a reporter say … The president needs to schmooze congress more …
The needs of the country, should come before the wants of the government leaders … WAKE UP AMERICA … most of the people holding an office or work for the government … think they are all powerful and every one should bow down to them and think their words are golden … they even want the president to do so … Or they will not work … they have shut down the government to prove … they are all powerful …
Our media thinks and are reporting …The president needs to schmooze congress and the rest of our government leaders more …( gossip and/or chat ) … patronize their feelings and wants above the needs of the country … So they wont rebel again and shut things down … I thought our leaders were working for the country … we the people … but sadly … our government works for their own interests …
schmooze
1.
to chat idly; gossip.
noun
2.
idle conversation; chatter.
REALLY … does the congress go to work to gossip and chat. Is that how we run our country. I hear every one saying … The president needs to work with congress more. Give into their wants more often. WANTS
wants
verb (used with object)
1.
to feel a need or a desire for; wish for:
to want one’s dinner; always wanting something new.
2.
to wish, need, crave, demand, or desire (often followed by an infinitive):
I want to see you. She wants to be notified.
3.
to be without or be deficient in:
to want judgment; to want knowledge.
Needs
adverb
1.
of necessity; necessarily (usually preceded or followed by must):
How about we stop treating congress like royalty and worrying about their feelings and wants … how about we stop treating all of our government leaders like poor little spoiled brats … and start expecting them to work for a living. Bulling, pouting, lie-ing, cheating, stealing, and misusing power. Should not be over looked because our government leaders … wants … Are not being catered to …
The needs of the country, should come before the wants of the government leaders … WAKE UP AMERICA … most of the people holding an office or work for the government … think they are all powerful and every one should bow down to them or worship them … they even want the president to do so … Or they will not work, withhold money’s and they have shut down the government to prove … they are all powerful … Wake up … look at what kind of people we have running things … from the police to the white house … things are broken … and we have lazy … do nothing people running our country … people have to riot in the streets to be heard or get anything done … Why ??? … our country is broken … our government works and leaders … Don’t want to bother with … we the people … we the people are expendable …
Really he broke a law??? He has broken many laws and he still has a phone & pen and is till president. WHAT ABOUT TAHMORRISSI ????
He’s broken more laws than this and yet we still just TALK about it….I’m damn sick & tired of all the talk DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT OR SHUT THE HELL UP
o.k., no impeachment, no jail time, nothing, WHY? WHY REPUBLICANS? Because they know what is coming from Obama and they pissed their boxers when it was all revealed. Trouble is coming folks, do not ignore it or act like ah it’s not going to affect me today or tomorrow, who cares. WRONG ATTITUDE, IT WILL HGET YOU KILLED.