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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
Obama violated U.S. laws when he approved the exchange. Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon of California and Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma said the law required Obama to notify Congress 30 days before any transfer of terrorists from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In response, the White House said that officials considered what they called "unique and exigent circumstances" and decided to go ahead with the transfer in spite of the legal requirement.
And our crack team of negotiators only had to ante up these guys in exchange.
—Abdul Haq Wasiq, who served as the Taliban deputy minister of intelligence
—Mullah Norullah Nori, a senior Taliban commander in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif when the Taliban fought U.S. forces in late 2001
—Khairullah Khairkhwa, who served in various Taliban positions including interior minister and had direct ties to Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden
—Mohammed Nabi, who served as chief of security for the Taliban in Qalat, Afghanistan, and later worked as a radio operator for the Taliban's communications office in Kabul
—Mohammad Fazl, whom Human Rights Watch says could be prosecuted for war crimes for presiding over the mass killing of Shiite Muslims in Afghanistan in 2000 and 2001 as the Taliban sought to consolidate their control over the country.
Do we all feel safe now that these fellas have been returned to the Taliban? No PARF intended...these are just statements directly from the OP's posted article.
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They acted quickly and freed an American, just as Bush-Cheney would have. Had they informed the Republicans it may have been scuttled. We all know that Barry O must not be allowed any successes. No wonder he moved on this rather than telling his enemies (congress).
Don't over-blow the ability of the four clowns who were released. They may be bad guys but they don't deserve to be made into super-villains. Besides, O can always drone them.