Greenwald uses Bergdahl to hit Obama, Democrats

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60. No,

"Greenwald is hitting the President and Democrats with this piece. He makes the point that the release was illegal because the congressional notification wasn't done. And it sounds like it was illegal, but I'm glad Obama did it anyway--I don't trust congressional Republicans in Congress, and I don't trust Feinstein. Anyway, Greenwald used that as the setup to make his main point: if the President is going to ignore Congress with regard to releasing these 5, why is he still following their wishes with respect to keeping Guantanamo open? And on this, I agree with Greenwald. That's not to say that the President isn't planning something along those lines; he may be. Greenwald's main point was that if Obama is going to ignore the will of Congress on the 5-prisoner release, he should also ignore their will with respect to keeping the place open, and on that, I agree with Greenwald."

...the two situations aren't analagous. One is a negotiated release in his role as CIC. I mean, Greenwald using the illegal claim is ridiculous if he actually believes that Obama has the power to simply release them.

By that logic, releasing the Uighurs or the other detainees to Uruguay is illegal because the others aren't released.

The argument is ridiculous because it's based on the premise that Obama can simply release them. It also ignores that in addition to Congressional obstruction, one of the other sticking points is ensuring that they will not be tortured by the country to which they're released.