@parados,
If you can't see the clear difference about what they originally asserted and what they are now asserting in terms of why they could not comply with the law and notify congress, I doubt I'm going to improve your vision.
They didn't comply with the law by notifying congress in advance of the deal. Nonsense about calling a discussion with the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2011 prior notification has been essentially called just that by none other than that noted right-winger and Obama Hater, Jay Rockefeller.
The excuse they offered was that they didn't have time because Bergdahl's health was at a critical state. Perhaps they threw in a few comments about leaks to play off the public's belief that congress is a sieve when it comes to secrets, but clearly the primary reason given was his health. Again if you won't accept this, I can't make you.
Thereafter they met with congress in a closed door session to offer proof of why they had to circumvent the law. Listen to the comments made by Republican and Democrat members of congress after that meeting. The proof was laughable. The Proof of Life video did not provide a convincing picture of a man in critical health, and it was provided to the Administration four months prior to the deal being executed. No one was buying their story and how could they? The White House could take four months to execute on the deal, but they didn't have the time to notify congress. Obviously the White House didn't expect Democrats to be pissed off about the deal and they figured the media would help them spin a story of "phony scandals" if only Republicans called them out on the timeline, let alone the unconvincing evidence of Bergdahl's poor health.Their arrogance got them in a pickle.
It didn't help at all that the Taliban's video failed to show a prisoner anywhere close to Death's door at the time of the exchange. What to do?
Change the story, that's what.
Yesterday, the White House's reason for not complying with the law requiring notification of congress was changed to "We couldn't trust you not to leak the deal, and the Taliban threatened to kill Bergdahl if the deal went public." This new explanation is not the same thing as prior general and unspecified references to concern about leaks, it is the new official reason for why they had to break the law.
I have already explained why this new explanation is as pathetic as the first one, maybe even more so.
They thought this was going to be a triumphant story, one that would improve Obama's image with veterans, and divert attention from the VA scandal. The Rose Garden ceremony, the "served with honor & distinction" comment were intended to serve a narrative that Obama kept faith the soliders in Afghanistan and brought a sympathetic hero home after a grueling fiver years in captivity which resulted in such poor health that they had to act with resolve and immediacy and checking with those pesky congressmen be damned. People in the Administration and like you chimed in with
"How would the president's critics have reacted if he didn't act like a forceful leader, delayed the exchange to get beat up by congressional Republicans, and the soldier who served with "honor & distinction" died in captivity due to his critical health issues? They would have crucified him!"
And maybe that is what would have happened if there was any possibility that it could have occurred, but there wasn't. If Bergdahl was in such dire health straits that forceful leader Obama didn't have time to notify congress, then he wouldn't have lived through the four months that followed their supposed recognition of his condition.
At the very best this is the tale of an inept and arrogant White House, and they have certainly not given anyone reason to think otherwise since the tale first began to be told.
They were blindsided by Feinstein's criticism (although for the life of me I can't figure out how these political "geniuses" did not either see that coming or planned for it) and they were even more surprised by the public statements made by the men who served with Bergdahl. So what's their plan for dealing with these guys? Attack them.
It's sickening but I'm sure you disagree first of all that they are attacking them and secondly that they don't deserve to be attacked.
Coldjoint keeps saying that either you are paid to post these comments or that you are plugged into the Obama talking point machine. I doubt this, but if that's the case whatever they're paying you is too much and whatever support they're giving you is not enough.