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.
You all are so gullible.
Quit talking about it and impeach him
JR Zoe says:
“Exactly! So why should he be concerned about all the others he’s broken? The PTB seem either unwilling or incapable to do anything about it, or they are completely complicit in his crimes.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/feds-obama-broke-law-bergdahl-swap/comment-page-11/#comment-448640
Charge him. Whatever it takes.
What amuses me is with the beheaded reporters case ‘we dont negotiate with terrorists’ well clearly they now know that is NOT the case, and every american in these areas is in more danger now that they know this.
Obama’s broken so many laws , he should be in jail now !!!!!!!!!!!
no one is doing anything..so how long has Obama been the president? a long time..do you thing someone know will do something? hell no..get use to him this sob will still be the president till 2016… he has the elite to help him..these groups are very powerful and rich and they need Obama to destroy this nation…and he is… they want a new world order and soon it will happen. things will get worse this year..with open boarders isis is coming over to help take over..Obama has destroyed our military made it weak and sent money and arms to the terriotist to come to destroy this nation.. the people are weak and stupid can’t think on their own…he has gotten them way so to be controlled..only the stupid are easy to control and they are..why so many fema camps…for us..why military tanks and weapons in cities and town..for us to be killed..we are the terriotist…not isis..remember Obama isn’t an American citizen…he is a muslim..no hope for the united states…we don’t want to fight for our freedom..we have gotten so lazy with the free welfare and free foodstamps..afraid if we riot Obama will take our welfare from us…it will happen soon then what? how will you live…they have fema camps for all..but I will not be there..i am learning how to survice without help from the government have stored my free food and water to last a while…getting tents and weapons learning to live when the shtf..will you?
Oh shut the $#%&!@* up… all of ya. no man left behind…. no holds barred.
We know he broke the law. What will come of itTom Wakefield
who cares no one does or no b ack bone ,Jarrett says no way,