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[carson]

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/p...obama_s_prisoner_swap_that_you_ve_never_heard

Nice.

 

[Seaducer]

is the W for Wishful Thinking?

 

[Leader of the Banned]

To me this isn't news. I always knew that eventually we'd have to release all prisoners.

 

[Dawn]

From the article...

"The United States continues to have the authority under both domestic and international law to detain individuals who are part of al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated forces so long as we are in an armed conflict with those groups," she said. "Whenthe armed conflict with the Taliban ends detention would likely no longer be authorized for individuals detained purely on the basis of their status as Taliban members."

My guess is there may very well be an ulterior motive at play here. We may never even know the real reason. Whatever the reason the administration moved ahead with it despite the heat they knew they would get.