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Originally Posted by Axeman
Why shouldn't they? There is serious doubt that he was a POW, and didn't abandon post, before being caught. 6 troops died in trying locate and retrieve him after his possible desertion.
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If he was kidnapped or if he deserted his post doesn't matter. He was in fact in the US Army. If he was kidnapped he needed to be found. If he deserted his post and turned himself in, we would still need to find him and return him to the US and then try him.
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They traded 5 "high level" detainees from Gitmo in exchange of him.
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But a "high level" detainee has zero value to us at this point. We've pumped all of the information we can pump them with.
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The law was part of the 2013 defense law, which was signed by Obama. He also signed a signing statement (which he campaigned against using) to say he believes he has flexibility.
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Can you put up a link to this law and explain how it applies here? A few searches turned up nothing specific.