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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Bowe Bergdahl's bondsman

From The American Thinker:
The odds are very high that Bergdahl, if found guilty of charges filed against him, will be relieved of his punishment by Barack Obama.

The president will have a pocket full of pardons in about 12 months, and it is likely that in order to smooth out the wrinkled mess of exchanging five high-profile Guantánamo prisoners for a convicted deserter, Obama will issue a pardon to Bergdahl. Presidential explanation will clarify the complexities for the history books and in so doing attempt to exculpate himself and his administration from a chain of bad decisions, inaccurate commentary, and blatant illegalities.

In response to what must be an embarrassing situation for the president and Susan Rice and others, the pardon with a paragraph of empathy will intend to put the issue to rest in a very political fashion. The good intentions will be amplified and set up to displace what was illegal release and exchange conducted without the required legal approval of Congress.

The authorizing of the exchange and subsequent release violated a U.S. law that requires the administration to give Congress notice 30 days before releasing any detainees from the military prison at Guantánamo Bay.
"Rule of law, I am the law!," goes the thinking of the Dear Leader. I concur with the theory that Bergdahl will be pardoned. I just hope the Military draws out the pre-trial motions and such until after jan 21, 2017.

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