Johnny Micheal Spann’s daughter Alison was nine years old when he was murdered by rioting Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan in 2001, making him the first American to die in the war. 13 years later, she got to watch Barack Obama
On Tuesday’s “On the Record,” Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, offered a few of the unclassified details from a closed-door briefing the White House gave on Tuesday concerning the swap of five
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) filed legislation on Monday that would place a six month freeze on any federal government funding involved in the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. The White House is under considerable pressure and
“What’s emerging is an imperial presidency, an uber presidency as I’ve called it, where the president can act unilaterally. This is only the latest example of that… Barack Obama is really the president Richard Nixon always wanted to be.“ That’s constitutional
Monday on his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh laid out his take on the Obama administrations prisoner exchange of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five top Taliban commanders as an excuse to close down “Club Gitmo.” Limbaugh argued
It is truly a fool’s errand for any decent person of conscience governed by honesty to engage in debate with the likes of these people. Never has that folly been more acute than in the aftermath of the President’s release
According to a Senator who has been defending the administration’s deal for Bowe Bergdahl, the 5 Taliban prisoners would have been freed sometime soon anyway, making this our last chance to get something for them. Senator Angus King, an independent
Calling the transaction that freed Bowe Bergdahl, “ghastly”, former attorney general Michael Mukasey made the argument in the Washington Post that the release of five top Taliban commanders was the first phase of Obama’s plan to make good on his promise to
On Wednesday’s “Hannity,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) urged the White House to take additional measures to increase transparency into the subject of its deal that resulted in the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Guantanamo detainees. Cruz
On June 3 a Syrian detainee at Guantanamo Bay petitioned a court in Washington, D.C., for “civilized” force-feedings. He argued that his current force-feedings “amounted to torture and asked a judge to order his jailers” to provide them in a
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham floated the possibility of impeachment calls if the Obama administration releases more Guantanamo Bay prisoners without congressional approval, according to The Hill. “It’s going to be impossible for them to flow prisoners out of Gitmo
Speaking from the Senate floor on June 4, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) criticized the criticism of Obama’s exchange of five senior Taliban commanders for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and said Republicans ought not be trying “to score political
A video posted online Monday appears to show senior Taliban terrorists being received by Qatari citizens with open arms. The Taliban leaders were released from Guantanamo Bay in a highly controversial exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The detainees were
As news of Obama’s swap of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl continues to percolate, the enormity of this action is most clearly grasped by understanding that the Gitmo prisoners were the “top five Taliban commanders” held
On Fox News Channel’s “The Kelly File” on Monday, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) railed against the Obama administration’s deal with the Taliban last week for the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Inhofe chastised the outcome as one that
In response to The White House doubles its bet on some bad cards: For no other reason other than morbid curiosity, I’d like to know who wrote the talking points for Susan Rice’s appearances on the Sunday talk shows, yesterday.
Over the weekend, the Obama White House announced that it had made the worst trade since Ernie Broglio for Lou Brock: five senior Taliban commanders for apparent deserter Bowe Bergdahl. President Obama announced, “On behalf of the American people, I
On Monday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin slammed President Barack Obama for trading five high-level terrorists for an American prisoner of war who reportedly deserted his troops five years ago and caused at least six soldiers to die while searching
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley stated there is “not much debate” that the Obama administration’s prisoner swap broke the law on this morning’s “CNN Newsroom.” Turley stated that the exchange is part of “a long series of violations
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Taliban chief Mullah Omar calls prisoner swap a ‘big victory’ Many Afghans express anger at the release of the Taliban prisoners Abbas: Palestinian unity government will ‘renounce violence’ against Israel Please resend e-mail messages
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar is vocalizing his support for the prisoner swap – in which the Taliban negotiated to swap Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Gitmo detainees – as a “great victory” for the terror group. The
On May 31, a scandal-ridden Barack Obama announced the Taliban had released Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl after five years of captivity. His release follows negotiations in which the Obama administration agreed to trade five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay for Bergdahl.
On Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel, former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) discussed a number of issues related to the news of the day with host Sean Hannity including President Barack Obama and his perceived weaknesses, the friction between
Former Pentagon Spokesman J.D. Gordon has seen the facilities at Guantánamo Bay and can attest personally to the fact that the al Qaeda operatives being detained at the naval base received better and faster care than veterans in the United
HOUSTON, Texas–Soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, are undergoing extensive training to prepare them for deployment to guard prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Texas’s Crazy Horse Troop trained in detention operations alongside members of Division West’s 3rd Battalion. The Crazy Horse
President Barack Obama’s fundraising pilgrimage to California included all the liberal stations: Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and La Jolla. Two patterns stood out: first, that Obama continues to be heckled even by friendly audiences; and second, that America’s richest political donors
Police have charged former Guantanamo Bay detainee and self-styled ‘human rights’ activist Moazzam Begg with Syria-related terrorism offences. West Midlands police have accused the 45-year-old – who founded the CagePrisoners organisation following his stint in Guantanamo Bay – of providing
“It is not hard to understand why Muslims would want to go to Syria to help,” wrote former Guantánamo detainee Moazzam Begg shortly before his arrest Tuesday on charges that he attended an Al-Qaeda training camp in Syria. Begg is a prolific
Moazzam Begg, a former detainee in Guantanamo Bay, who now lives in Birmingham, UK, has been arrested by British police on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences. Begg was arrested this morning, along with two men and a woman in the
In 2008, President Obama promised that on the first day of his presidency, he would close down the prison at Guantánamo Bay and free the War on Terror captives there. Guantánamo is still open today, but the U.S. is now
Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda bin Qumu, a former Gitmo detainee for more than five years who The Washington Post reports the Obama administration says was involved in the September 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, was once considered
Ball State University students Matthew Smith and Caleb Hoagland held an on-campus protest urging the closing of Guantanamo Bay. Smith, dressed in military garb, waterboarded Hoagland who was wearing an orange jumpsuit similar to the ones worn by Guantanamo
While the nation was focused on Syria, The Obama administration transferred two al Qaeda terrorists from GITMO to the government of Algeria as part of its ongoing effort to close the prison. Via Reuters: The Pentagon announced the transfer of
A Yemeni accused of the September 11 attacks walked out of a courtroom at Guantanamo Bay, claiming that the lack of food he received amounts to “psychological torture.” Ramzi Binalshibh, one of five men on trial over the hijacking and
Whether the topic is drones, the NSA or New York’s stop-and-frisk–the entire nation is struggling to find its footing on the question of security vs. constitutional rights. While leading Republicans skirmish over the issue via the media, presumed Democratic frontrunner
Author John Grisham is upset that the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay don’t have access to his popular legal thrillers. Grisham wrote an op-ed for The New York Times to decry the book banning, using it as the start of a
Reuters is reporting that the Fifty Shades of Grey series is “the favorite reading material among former CIA captives held at the Guantanamo detention camp.” Rep Jim Moran (D-VA) toured Camp 7 at Gitmo last week. Camp 7 is home
Without an official announcement or any publicity, the Obama administration released five members of the Taliban from Gitmo in order to open peace talks in Afghanistan. Ynetnews.com reports that “a top U.S. official said the prisoners were released under the
According to a report in the New York Post, prisoners at Guantánamo Bay are so pampered that even hunger strikers gain weight. The report shows that far from facing the kind of hardships we might naturally associate with being imprisoned,
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl disappeared in eastern Afghanistan four years ago. A Taliban spokesman told the Associated Press that Bergdahl is in good condition. The Taliban said they will free him in exchange for five senior operatives being held at
