Monday, June 9, 2014

SEAN HANNITY

Hannity's Headlines E-Newsletter
More To Come?
This administration's distraction topic for the week is student loans.  This is what Obama will be focusing on today as the rest of the nation remains incensed and bewildered over the Taliban swap for Bowe Bergdahl. This focus on student loans is par for this administration's course.  You can look back and see the attempt to change the narrative to anything other than the scandals at hand or the economy.  Whether it's climate change or income inequality, the administration is losing its edge in controlling the narrative. So long as the media continues to bring the heat, the Taliban swap for Bowe Bergdahl remains one of the top stories.  This is because we continue to learn more information with each passing day.
 
The Story Unfolds
The Bergdahl story has unfolded over the last few days and, over the weekend we learned that the parents of Bowe Bergdahl were allowed to take part in classified secure video conferences with the State Department, as well as intelligence officials and military commanders.  According to a report by the Washington Times: "A former government official involved in American hostage issues said he had never heard of giving a family such access and questioned whether sensitive information could have been conveyed to Robert and Jani Bergdahl and somehow leaked out." For a family that was so intimately involved in the recovery efforts of their son, it's interesting to note that Bowe reportedly declined to speak to his parents from the hospital in Germany.  According to one U.S. official, "Doctors treating Sgt. Bergdahl at a U.S. military hospital in Germany are moving slowly because of the controversy, which is complicating what would in any case be an arduous recovery. Sgt. Bergdahl has said that he was tortured during his captivity and thrown into a cage after a failed escape attempt." Brand new polling from Fox News shows that a majority of Americans (52%) disagree with the Taliban prisoner swap and think it should not have been made.  Also, half of Americans (50%) believe the swap has made America weaker.  But if you ask John Kerry, the idea that America would be more at risk with the release of the Taliban "Dream Team" is "baloney."
  
Get Out Of Jail Free
It appears that the five prisoners who were released may be just the beginning of Obama's plan to empty Gitmo of dangerous terrorists.  According to the New York Post, "Obama quietly is giving 'get out of jail free' cards for the flimsiest of excuses.  One al Qaeda suspect captured in Afghanistan is considered reformed because he took up yoga and read a biography of the Dalai Lama. Another is eligible for release because of his 'positive attitude.'  And one longtime detainee, a former bodyguard for Osama bin Laden, is now harmless because he's going to start a 'milk and honey farm.'" Of the 149 prisoners remaining in Gitmo, about 80 of them have been cleared for release and hearings will continue into the summer.  With a recidivism rate of 29%, we are talking about a possible influx of some of the most dangerous terrorists back into the battlefield. All of this begs the question, what are we doing?!

>>TV Tonight (10PM ET on Fox News)
Why is Bergdahl's platoon leader being targeted? Sgt. Evan Buetow responds. Plus Pat Buchanan on the Border Security crisis. And another exclusive look at the 'Duck Dynasty' family.

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