If you thought President Obama’s release of five top Taliban commanders in exchange for POW Bowe Bergdahl was bad, wait until you see what his Gitmo parole board plans.

Desperate to empty the Guantanamo Bay prison by the end of his term, 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.”

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Read more:http://nypost.com/2014/06/07/no-reform-t...itmo-detainees/

Closing Gitmo was one of the main reasons the Obama Five were released. They were the worst. Get rid of the worst and freeing others for taking up yoga or knitting becomes more palatable.

The other major reason, of course, was to get the VA mess off the front page. That explains the timing of this "urgent" exchange and it worked.