The Briefing Room
General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on June 09, 2014, 11:59:23 pm
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Classified #Bergdahl briefing just finished. WH officials say Secy. Hagel made the final call on #Bergdahl swap. @BuckMcKeon is #OutFront.
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Looks like they made Hagel do it...the resident idiot!
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Looks like they made Hagel do it...the resident idiot!
Swoosh!!! Under the bus he goes!
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Are you friggin' kidding me?
Things have gotten so hot for Obammy that he has to pawn off the blame on that clueless Hagel?
We truly are in a parody here.
And we're just finding this out now?
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Blame the useful idiot, and bleary-eyed Chuckie Hagel is just the idiot they need.
When will Obama accept Hagel's resignation?? How long till Chuckie has bus tire tread marks across his forehead??
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If the White House planned all along on Hagel being the scapegoat for negotiating with terrorists, perhaps they weren't really so surprised at the public outrage over the 5-for-1 swap, after all.
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under the bus888
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Nonsense. Hagel had to get the OK from the President. Hagel could not give that sort of decision if the White House knew.
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Nonsense. Hagel had to get the OK from the President. Hagel could not give that sort of decision if the White House knew.
Valerie Jarrett gave the "go" call, at least the best that I can guess. They keep Barry secluded in his own area watching sports, and they send him out to golf or get a cup of coffee once in a while.
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seriously? so when is Obama going to start being president? to hear it from him, Bush is responsible for everything (because everything is going poorly) even though he's been out of office for 6 years, and now Hagel, one of the president's minions, has acted without presidential authority? is the White House really tacitly admitting that Obama is so absolutely impotent as this? Anyone remember the brouhaha when Al Haig, Reagan's Secretary of State, said he was in control immediately after the assassination attempt on Reagan, while Reagan was still in surgery? Where's the brouhaha now that Obama has himself admitted that Hagel was in fact "in control" of things re: Bergdahl?
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Wow. I'd say this administration is like the Keystone Kops, but the Keystone Kops were funny, and these morons are risking our very lives. **nononono*
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Wow. I'd say this administration is like the Keystone Kops, but the Keystone Kops were funny, and these morons are risking our very lives. **nononono*
you're being a little unfair to the Keystone Kops! :silly:
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you're being a little unfair to the Keystone Kops! :silly:
A LOT unfair, I'd say......
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Hagel will be on the Hill Wednesday and it should be interesting to say the least...
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Unreal...
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Valerie Jarrett gave the "go" call, at least the best that I can guess. They keep Barry secluded in his own area watching sports, and they send him out to golf or get a cup of coffee once in a while.
Susan Rice is the head of the National Security Council.She is invoved in every foreign decision the President makes. She should be up there in front of those committees. I agree that Valerie Jarrett should be up there because she is an advisor to the President.Jarrett is one of three Senior Advisors to President Obama
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If the White House planned all along on Hagel being the scapegoat for negotiating with terrorists, perhaps they weren't really so surprised at the public outrage over the 5-for-1 swap, after all.
And Hagel is too frackin' stoopid to see this one coming....serves him right if Obammy throws him overboard once his pants are on fire and his ass is catchin'.......
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Susan Rice is the head of the National Security Council.She is invoved in every foreign decision the President makes. She should be up there in front of those committees. I agree that Valerie Jarrett should be up there because she is an advisor to the President.Jarrett is one of three Senior Advisors to President Obama
Another group of people would be the White House Counsel who also signed off on this to explain their legal interpretation.
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If he wasn't such an opportunist, I'd feel bad for Hagel.
He's being thrown to the wolves tomorrow, and the WH says he is to blame. I hope his family members are secure should Chuck decided to be an upstanding American and tell the truth about what happened.
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If he wasn't such an opportunist, I'd feel bad for Hagel.
He's being thrown to the wolves tomorrow, and the WH says he is to blame. I hope his family members are secure should Chuck decided to be an upstanding American and tell the truth about what happened.
I'm sure he's already been set up with a comfy sinecure courtesy of the deep-pocketed liberals who have propped this charade up along with the MSM all along.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2653672/Now-White-House-says-Hagel-final-call-Bergdahl-criticism-Obama-prisoner-swap-mounts.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2653672/Now-White-House-says-Hagel-final-call-Bergdahl-criticism-Obama-prisoner-swap-mounts.html)
Now the White House says Hagel made final call on Bergdahl as criticism of Obama over prisoner swap mounts
Congress learned on Monday that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gave final approval for the prisoner exchange that freed Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl
Last week, Hagel said the swap was a unanimous decision made by senior officials
Hagel is expected to defend the prisoner exchange on Wednesday in an appearance before the House Armed Services Committee
By Zoe Szathmary
Published: 01:05 EST, 10 June 2014 | Updated: 01:05 EST, 10 June 2014
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/10/article-2653672-1E7E910C00000578-86_634x416.jpg)
FInal approval for the prisoner exchange that freed Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was made by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, members of Congress learned on Monday from administration officials.
'They indicated (it was) Secretary Hagel (who made the final call),' Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA) said after a classified briefing, ABC points out.
'It was the president of the United States that came out (in the Rose Garden) with the Bergdahls and took all the credit and now that there’s been a little pushback he’s moving away from it and it’s Secretary Hagel?'
Last week, Hagel said the swap was a unanimous decision when speaking to the BBC.
'It was the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Director of National Intelligence, Attorney General,' he said.
'It was our judgement based on the information that we had that his life, his health were in peril,' Hagel also told the channel in defense of not giving Congress 30 days' notice of the plan.
'Can you imagine if we would have waited or taken the chance of leaks over a 30-day period?' Hagel said.
Congress was upset to learn on Monday that 80 to 90 people in the Obama administration knew of the exchange - but that no Republicans or Democrats in the House were told.
'It strikes me as unfortunate that they could have 80 to 90 people in the administration aware of what was happening and not be able to trust a single Republican or Democrat in the House or the Senate,' Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), said, Reuters points out.
''There was a sense of anger that members of Congress didn’t know about this,' Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) said to reporters after the briefing, ABC notes. 'Obviously, if there is secure information — members of Congress knew about the capture of Osama bin Laden — and yet 80 to 90 staff in the White House knew about this.'
Hagel is expected to defend the prisoner exchange on Wednesday in an appearance before the House Armed Services Committee.
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Does anyone really believe this man was the brains of this deal! (http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/10/article-2653672-1E7E910C00000578-86_634x416.jpg)
besides Obama tried to sell this Deal to Congress in 2012 and they refused.
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He told the BBC it was a "unanimous decision" last week.
He's testifying tomorrow.
Getting my popcorn ready.......
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http://americanthinker.com/assets/3rd_party/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/06/it_looks_like_obama_has_found_his_bergdahl_deal_patsy.html (http://americanthinker.com/assets/3rd_party/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/06/it_looks_like_obama_has_found_his_bergdahl_deal_patsy.html)
une 10, 2014
It looks like Obama has found his Bergdahl deal patsy
By Thomas Lifson
Every cover up needs a fall guy, and according to Rep. Buck Mckeon’s comments after last night’s Congressional briefing on the Bergdahl deal, the Obama administration seems to be floating the name of their patsy. The Weekly Standard reports:
The last question asked at Monday night's closed-door briefing of members of the House of Representatives was a simple one: Who made the decision to transfer five top Taliban officials held at Guantanamo Bay to Qatar in exchange for the return of the Taliban's lone American POW, Army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl?
According to Buck McKeon, the chairman of the House Armed Services committee, the Obama administration's briefers told he gathered House members that the person responsible for the decision to make the deal was not President Obama but Chuck Hagel, the secretary of defense.
"Now wait a minute, are you saying it was Secretary Hagel that made this decision, or was this the president of the United States?" McKeon, a California Republican, said to reporters. "It was the president of the United States that came out with the Bergdahls and took all the credit. And now that there's been a little pushback, he's moving away from it?"
The administration's claim that Hagel, not Obama, made the decision is at odds with what Hagel himself said on Meet the Press on June 1. "I signed off on the decision," Hagel said. "The president made the ultimate decision."
Very interesting, indeed. Will Hagel, a nominal Republican, be a stand-up guy and take the fall? Given his on-the-record statement about the president, and given the declining trust the American people place in the current occupant of the White House, this might be a difficult story to sell.
If Hagel refuses to take the fall, and if he decides to spill his guts, what then?
It’s always tricky coming up with a patsy. My all-time favorite treatment of the subject comes from Dashiell Hammett’s novel, The Maltese Falcon. The brilliant film rendering of the scene where the gang (all of whom have dirty hands) come up with a fall guy is instructive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqOByzMoS_A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqOByzMoS_A)
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'Can you imagine if we would have waited or taken the chance of leaks over a 30-day period?' Hagel said.
If you can't trust Congress to keep their damned mouths shut if needed, America is electing the wrong people.
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more here
Out: Bergdahl deal was an Obama triumph. In: Um, Chuck Hagel did it (http://www.humanevents.com/2014/06/10/out-bergdahl-deal-was-an-obama-triumph-in-um-chuck-hagel-did-it/)
We will need a live thread tomorrow when scapegoat Hagel testifies... :2popcorn: :pop41: :2popcorn:
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/208803-obama-shifting-blame-for-bergdahl-trade-to-hagel (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/208803-obama-shifting-blame-for-bergdahl-trade-to-hagel)
June 10, 2014, 11:29 am
Administration shifting blame on Bergdahl trade to Hagel?
By Justin Sink
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said the Obama administration could be pushing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as the "fall guy" for the controversial prisoner swap that freed Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl after five years in Taliban captivity.
Administration briefers told his committee that Hagel was ultimately the one who decided to execute the swap, McKeon told Fox News on Tuesday.
"It sounded like it was a presidential program all the way, [but] now that there's been a little pushback yesterday in our briefing, the briefers from the various departments were asked who made the final decision, and they said Secretary Hagel," McKeon said. "So I hope they're not just pushing him out to be a fall guy for this."
The California lawmaker suggested the administration might be looking to shift blame from the president because "there's been some negative feedback on this."
"I think people see, now that they are learning a little bit more about the five terrorists that were released from Guantánamo, there's lots of concern," McKeon said.
McKeon also called the perceived effort to shift blame "unsettling."
"I think people understand who made this decision," he continued. "This goes right to the top, or maybe we don't know who's in charge of the White House. That's the thing that's almost as unsettling as thinking the president made the decision, and now they're saying Secretary Hagel made the decision. I think they're parsing words, worrying about who gets the blame, if things really go bad."
During an appearance earlier this month on "Meet the Press," Hagel said that President Obama was the one who made the decision to trade Bergdahl for five Taliban militants being held at the Guantánamo Bay prison.
"I signed off on the decision. The president made the ultimate decision. We did spend time looking at this," Hagel said.
A pair of new polls released Tuesday showed the American public disapproved of the swap.
In a CBS News survey, 45 percent said they disapproved of freeing the detainees to secure Bergdahl's release, while 37 percent backed the move. A majority — 56 percent — said President Obama gave up too much, while just 28 percent called the terms of the exchange reasonable.
Those findings were echoed in a USA Today / Pew Poll in which 43 percent said Obama should not make the trade, while just 34 percent backed it as the right thing to do.
Obama has said that he would make "absolutely no apologies" for the deal.
"I'm never surprised by controversies that are whipped up in Washington. That's par for the course," Obama said during a press conference last week in Brussels. "We have a basic principle: we do not leave anybody wearing the American uniform behind."
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He told the BBC it was a "unanimous decision" last week.
He's testifying tomorrow.
Getting my popcorn ready.......
He better to be prepared asked hard questions
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Of course it was Hagel. But Obama is still the guy who killed bin Laden, right?
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He better to be prepared asked hard questions
Ever seen Chuckie testify before Congress?? He's one of the most painful speakers to listen to since Cap Weinberger on a good day....
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Ever seen Chuckie testify before Congress?? He's one of the most painful speakers to listen to since Cap Weinberger on a good day....
Hagel will answer any question. Buck McKeon is in charge of the committee. McKeon will throw every hard question at him.
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:thud:
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Now the White House says Hagel made final call on Bergdahl as criticism of Obama over prisoner swap mounts
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2653672/Now-White-House-says-Hagel-final-call-Bergdahl-criticism-Obama-prisoner-swap-mounts.html
from the comment section....
He was probably on the golf course when the decision was made, and learned about it from the press like he does everything else. Worst president EVER.
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Bob Ho, Mason, 22 minutes ago
always the same, blame the Bagel. Would you like cream cheese with that whine?
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dartleyk, austerlitz, United States, 41 minutes ago
another lie folks: hagel is on audio saying he was on board with it, signed off on it, but 'the president had the final decision'; obama can't even pick out a scapegoat that works
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David Hawkins, small town ms, United States, 41 minutes ago
This lying, vindictive, sulking president is doing everything he can to destroy America, I.m over hope and change.
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David Hawkins, small town ms, United States, 53 minutes ago
This lying, vindictive, sulking president is doing everything he can to destroy America, I.m over hope and change.
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crmitchell, dalton, United States, 1 hour ago
bend over, Chuck. Its your turn to take one for the Gipper !
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crmitchell, dalton, United States, 1 hour ago
Bend over, Chuck - its your turn to take one for the Gipper !
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Brian Sciullo, fort lauderdale, United States, 1 hour ago
You can never blame Bush he was fault less. We skipped over 8 years from Clinton right to Obama. I and every America with any since will take the Obama Years over the Bush years. Be realistic and stop pretending
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samuellenn, parkton, 1 hour ago
Another thing Obama will not take responsibility for.
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Sherry S., Memphis_Tn_USA, 1 hour ago
3rd spin and counting. If Obama ever takes responsibility for something half of the USA will faint.
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Health in danger
2. Previously consulted with congress
3. Swiftboating
4. It was an oversight, sorry
5. Platoon full of psychopaths
6. Taliban threated to kill
7. No evidence converted to Islam, fraternized with Taliban, and declared jihad
8. Physically abused, confined in cage
9. “Raggedy" platoon
10. "No matter what, to leave an American behind in the hands of people who would torture him, cut of his head, do any number of things"
11. Wasn't only soldier to 'walk off' post
12. Only tenuous link to U.S. deaths
13.Hagel, NOT Obama, made the final call on #Bergdahl swap
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/208803-obama-shifting-blame-for-bergdahl-trade-to-hagel (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/208803-obama-shifting-blame-for-bergdahl-trade-to-hagel)
June 10, 2014, 11:29 am
Administration shifting blame on Bergdahl trade to Hagel?
By Justin Sink
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said the Obama administration could be pushing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as the "fall guy" for the controversial prisoner swap that freed Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl after five years in Taliban captivity.
Administration briefers told his committee that Hagel was ultimately the one who decided to execute the swap, McKeon told Fox News on Tuesday.
"It sounded like it was a presidential program all the way, [but] now that there's been a little pushback yesterday in our briefing, the briefers from the various departments were asked who made the final decision, and they said Secretary Hagel," McKeon said. "So I hope they're not just pushing him out to be a fall guy for this."
The California lawmaker suggested the administration might be looking to shift blame from the president because "there's been some negative feedback on this."
"I think people see, now that they are learning a little bit more about the five terrorists that were released from Guantánamo, there's lots of concern," McKeon said.
McKeon also called the perceived effort to shift blame "unsettling."
"I think people understand who made this decision," he continued. "This goes right to the top, or maybe we don't know who's in charge of the White House. That's the thing that's almost as unsettling as thinking the president made the decision, and now they're saying Secretary Hagel made the decision. I think they're parsing words, worrying about who gets the blame, if things really go bad."
During an appearance earlier this month on "Meet the Press," Hagel said that President Obama was the one who made the decision to trade Bergdahl for five Taliban militants being held at the Guantánamo Bay prison.
"I signed off on the decision. The president made the ultimate decision. We did spend time looking at this," Hagel said.
A pair of new polls released Tuesday showed the American public disapproved of the swap.
In a CBS News survey, 45 percent said they disapproved of freeing the detainees to secure Bergdahl's release, while 37 percent backed the move. A majority — 56 percent — said President Obama gave up too much, while just 28 percent called the terms of the exchange reasonable.
Those findings were echoed in a USA Today / Pew Poll in which 43 percent said Obama should not make the trade, while just 34 percent backed it as the right thing to do.
Obama has said that he would make "absolutely no apologies" for the deal.
"I'm never surprised by controversies that are whipped up in Washington. That's par for the course," Obama said during a press conference last week in Brussels. "We have a basic principle: we do not leave anybody wearing the American uniform behind."
What a coward obama is.
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One would think if hagel was really the guy who called this swap, he would have been in the Rose Garden right next to obama and the Bergdahls.
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Of course it was Hagel. But Obama is still the guy who killed bin Laden, right?
BwahahahahahaGood grief all one can do to keep sanity is laugh right now.
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Why haven't they blamed Bush? Or have they blamed him and I missed it.
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HAGEL: “The president made the ultimate decision” on Bergdahl trade [VIDEO]
http://therightscoop.com/hagel-the-president-made-the-ultimate-decision-on-bergdahl-trade-video/
But that’s not what Hagel told MSNBC on Meet The Press last week. He indicated clearly that the president made the ultimate call on the Bergdahl trade:
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“We found an opportunity. We took that opportunity. I’ll stand by that decision. I signed off on the decision. The president made the ultimate decision. We did spend time looking at this. As to Guantanamo, the president has made very clear he wants to close Guantanamo.”
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If you can't trust Congress to keep their damned mouths shut if needed, America is electing the wrong people.
You can tell Congressmen and women to keep their mouths shut. You just be in the necessary committees such as the intelligence,State Department, House Foreign Relations and Defense. These departments have security oaths they must keep when they are assigned to these commitees not to leak information.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/RS20748.pdf