White House apologizes for an "Oops!" moment in failing to advise Senate Intel Committee

By Rob Janicki

The White House, in conducting a prisoner exchange of the five highest risk Taliban prisoners for one American soldier in Taliban custody in Afghanistan, is coming up against a violation of law.

The White House has apologized to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) for failing to alert her in advance of a decision to release Taliban commanders from Guantanamo Bay.

Feinstein told reporters that she received a call from Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken on Monday evening apologizing for what the administration is calling an “oversight.”

Was this an "oversight"?  Only an idiot would believe that excuse from the Obama White House.  

The White House has a complete staff of advisers to make certain that there are no "Oops!" moments.  Is it logical or reasonable to believe that the entire White House staff of advisers could have had a singular moment of mass amnesia in forgetting the law that demands the White House inform Congress of such prisoner releases from Gitmo Bay incarceration no less than 30 days from the anticipated change in status of any Gitmo terrorists?  

There are no exceptions written in the law.  There is no wiggle room for the President to use the excuse of "time is of the essence." Obama has clearly overstepped his authority in an illegal act.  Mark this up on the wall with all the other illegal acts Obama has engaged in.  Be prepared for many more similar instances.  

If Republicans manage to capture the Senate with a significant majority beginning in January 2015, they should consider impeachment proceedings.  By then America will have sustained even more financial hardship from Obamacare and all the other Executive Orders and EPA regulations that Obama has managed to essentially incorporate as if these actions were actually law. 

What the White House has done in the instant case of releasing five Taliban terrorists could easily be construed as a standalone, impeachable offense for President Obama. Let's remember that there are no Constitutional or statutory conditions that have to be met for the House of Representatives to bring charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors" against a sitting president.  

It is all dependent upon the process for the House and the Senate to determine what constitutes an impeachable offense.  Basically, anything that a president does that challenges the oath of office to protect and defend the American people and the states of the United States is grounds for bringing charges of impeachment.  

Again, there is no specific law or laws that outline specific crimes that would constitute "high crimes and misdemeanors" as stated in the Constitution.  It is totally dependent upon the entire Congress to determine whether a president has violated his oath of office.

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