A terrorism expert says Barack Obama
didn't seem to care about violating the law earlier this year when he
authorized the swap of five Taliban leaders for an Army sergeant who had been
held prisoner in Afghanistan for five years.
In May, the White House released
five senior Taliban terrorists from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for Army
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who had disappeared in 2009. Under exchange terms, the
terrorists are supposed to remain in Qatar for a year.
Now the Government Accountability
Office says the Defense Department's failure to notify the relevant
congressional committees at least 30 days in advance of the exchange broke the
law. The GAO also says the Pentagon's use of funds to conduct the transfer,
when no money was available, was a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act,
legislation that bars spending by agencies above the amount of money that
Congress has obligated.
Robert Spencer, director of Jihad
Watch, says President Obama doesn't seem to have any concern for the
proper procedures.
"When it's something that is in favor of Islam and in
favor of the global jihad, Barack Obama does not hesitate to disregard
established procedures ... to disregard rights of the legislative branch, and
to do everything he needs to do to give the jihadis what they want," he
observes.
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