"Bush has been stingy during his time in office about handing out reprieves.
Including these actions, he has granted a total of 171 and eight commutations. That’s less than half as many as Presidents Clinton or Reagan issued during their time in office. Both were two-term presidents."
Including these actions, he has granted a total of 171 and eight commutations. That’s less than half as many as Presidents Clinton or Reagan issued during their time in office. Both were two-term presidents."
Love it ...
the "Godly One" named Huckabee .... go check out his Pardon record as Governor
TWICE AS MANY PARDONS as Clinton and one included pardon for a dude who was a conviced rapist but Mikey "felt the calling from God" to give this man
a 2nd chance ... Yep ... dude got back out and committed more rapes
BUT NO BIG DEAL AS MIKEY IS HOSTING THAT WONDERFUL NEW TALK SHOW ON FOX THAT FEATURES HARD HITTING QUESTIONS WITH GOP PALIN ADMIRERS LIKE CHUCK NORRIS and THE "ALWAYS INFORMATIVE" ELIZABETH HASSELHOFF
the "Godly One" named Huckabee .... go check out his Pardon record as Governor
TWICE AS MANY PARDONS as Clinton and one included pardon for a dude who was a conviced rapist but Mikey "felt the calling from God" to give this man
a 2nd chance ... Yep ... dude got back out and committed more rapes
BUT NO BIG DEAL AS MIKEY IS HOSTING THAT WONDERFUL NEW TALK SHOW ON FOX THAT FEATURES HARD HITTING QUESTIONS WITH GOP PALIN ADMIRERS LIKE CHUCK NORRIS and THE "ALWAYS INFORMATIVE" ELIZABETH HASSELHOFF
The only thing the agents failed at were being poor marksmen. They could have saved the tax payers some money which could have then been used to bail out another poorly run American company. Now, that money will be spent for that guys defense and hopefully his ACLU attorney will do his job and get the guy off so he can resume his lucrative career.
Doesn't come close to Bubba's list.
These are just the pardons, don't even get me started on the commutations.
Verla Jean Allen (1990 false statements to an agency of the United States).[3]
Nicholas M. Altiere (1983 importation of cocaine)
Bernice Ruth Altschul (1992 money laundering conspiracy)
Joe Anderson Jr. (1988 income tax evasion)
William Sterling Anderson (1987 defraudment of a financial institution, false statements to a financial institution, wire fraud)
Mansour Azizkhani (1984 false statements in bank loan applications)
Cleveland Victor Babin Jr. (1987 using the U.S. mail service to defraud)
Chris Harmon Bagley (1989 conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine)
Scott Lynn Bane (Unlawful distribution of marijuana)
Thomas Cleveland Barber (Issuing worthless checks)
Peggy Ann Bargon (Violation of the Lacey Act, violation of the Bald Eagle Protection Act)
David Roscoe Blampied (possess with intent to distribute cocaine)
William Arthur Borders Jr. (Conspiracy to corruptly solicit and accept money in return for influencing the official acts of a federal district court judge (Alcee L. Hastings), and to defraud the United States in connection with the performance of lawful government functions; corruptly influencing, obstructing, impeding and endeavoring to influence, obstruct and impede the due administration of justice, and aiding and abetting therein; traveling interstate with intent to commit bribery)
Arthur David Borel (Odometer Rollback)
Douglas Charles Borel (Odometer Rollback)
George Thomas Brabham (Making a false statement or report to a federally insured bank)
Almon Glenn Braswell (1983 mail fraud and perjury)
Leonard Browder (Illegal dispensing of controlled substance and Medicaid fraud)
David Steven Brown (Securities fraud and mail fraud)
Delores Caroylene Burleson, aka Delores Cox Burleson (Possession of Marijuana)
John H. Bustamante (wire fraud)
Mary Louise Campbell (Unauthorized use and transfer of food stamps)
Eloida Candelaria (False information in registering to vote)
Dennis Sobrevinas Capili (Filing false statements in alien registration)
Donna Denise Chambers (Intent to distribute cocaine)
Douglas Eugene Chapman (Bank fraud)
Ronald Keith Chapman (Bank fraud)
Francisco Larois Chavez (Aiding and abetting illegal entry of aliens)
Henry Cisneros (former HUD Secretary)
Roger Clinton, Jr. Cocaine charges(half-brother of President Bill Clinton)[3]
Stuart Harris Cohn (Illegal sale of commodity options)
David Marc Cooper (Conspiracy to defraud the government)
Ernest Harley Cox Jr. (Defraud of federally insured savings and loan)
John F. Cross Jr. (Embezzlement)
Rickey Lee Cunningham (Intent to distribute marijuana)
Richard Anthony De Labio (Mail fraud)
John Deutch (former Director of Central Intelligence Agency)
Richard Douglas (False statements to a government agent)
Edward Reynolds Downe (Wire fraud, false income tax returns and securities fraud)
Marvin Dean Dudley (False statements)
Larry Lee Duncan
Galen R. Elmore (Convicted of cattle theft)
Robert Clinton Fain
Marcos Arcenio Fernandez
Alvarez Ferrouillet
Henry O. Flipper - guilty of "conduct unbecoming an officer" (1882)
William Dennis Fugazy
Lloyd Reid George
Louis Goldstein
Rubye Lee Gordon
Pincus Green
Robert Ivey Hamner
Samuel Price Handley
Woodie Randolph Handley
Jay Houston Harmon
Rick Hendrick
John Hummingson
David S. Herdlinger
Debi Rae Huckleberry
Warren C. Hultgren Jr.
Donald Ray James
Stanley Pruet Jobe
Ruben H. Johnson
Linda Jones
James Howard Lake
June Louise Lewis
Salim Bonnor Lewis
John Leighton Lodwick
Hildebrando Lopez
Jose Julio Luaces
James Timothy Maness
James Lowell Manning, (1982, aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false corporate income tax return)
John Robert Martin
Frank Ayala Martinez
Silvia Leticia Beltran Martinez
John Francis McCormick
Susan H. McDougal
Howard Mechanic
Brook K. Mitchell Sr.
Samuel Loring Morison
Charles Wilfred Morgan III
Richard Anthony Nazzaro
Charlene Ann Nosenko
Vernon Raymond Obermeier
Miguelina Ogalde
David C. Owen
Robert W. Palmer
Kelli Anne Perhosky
Richard H. Pezzopane
Orville Rex Phillips
Vinson Stewart Poling Jr.
James G. Powell
Norman Lyle Prouse
Willie H.H. Pruitt Jr.[4]
Danny Martin Pursley Sr.
Charles D. Ravenel
William Clyde Ray
Alfredo Luna Regalado
Ildefonso Reynes Ricafort
Marc Rich
Howard Winfield Riddle
Richard Wilson Riley Jr., Cocaine and marijuana charges, His father was Clinton's Education Secretary.[4]
Samuel Lee Robbins
Joel Gonzales Rodriguez
Michael James Rogers
Anna Louise Ross
Dan Rostenkowski - Former Democratic Congressman convicted in the Congressional Post Office Scandal
Gerald Glen Rust
Jerri Ann Rust
Bettye June Rutherford
Gregory Lee Sands
Adolph Schwimmer
Albert A. Seretti Jr.
Patricia Campbell Hearst Shaw
Dennis Joseph Smith
Gerald Owen Smith
Stephen A. Smith
Jimmie Lee Speake
Charles Bernard Stewart
Marlena Francisca Stewart-Rollins
Fife Symington III - former Arizona governor
Richard Lee Tannehill
Nicholas C. Tenaglia
Gary Allen Thomas
Larry Weldon Todd
Olga C. Trevino
Ignatious Vamvouklis
Patricia A. Van De Weerd
Christopher V. Wade
Bill Wayne Warmath
Jack Kenneth Watson
Donna Lynn Webb
Donald William Wells
Robert H. Wendt
Jack L. Williams
Kavin Arthur Williams
Robert Michael Williams
Jimmie Lee Wilson
Thelma Louise Wingate
Mitchell Couey Wood
Warren Stannard Wood
Dewey Worthey
Rick Allen Yale
Joseph A. Yasak
William Stanley Yingling
Phillip David Young
Keith Sanders
Darren Muci
These are just the pardons, don't even get me started on the commutations.
Verla Jean Allen (1990 false statements to an agency of the United States).[3]
Nicholas M. Altiere (1983 importation of cocaine)
Bernice Ruth Altschul (1992 money laundering conspiracy)
Joe Anderson Jr. (1988 income tax evasion)
William Sterling Anderson (1987 defraudment of a financial institution, false statements to a financial institution, wire fraud)
Mansour Azizkhani (1984 false statements in bank loan applications)
Cleveland Victor Babin Jr. (1987 using the U.S. mail service to defraud)
Chris Harmon Bagley (1989 conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine)
Scott Lynn Bane (Unlawful distribution of marijuana)
Thomas Cleveland Barber (Issuing worthless checks)
Peggy Ann Bargon (Violation of the Lacey Act, violation of the Bald Eagle Protection Act)
David Roscoe Blampied (possess with intent to distribute cocaine)
William Arthur Borders Jr. (Conspiracy to corruptly solicit and accept money in return for influencing the official acts of a federal district court judge (Alcee L. Hastings), and to defraud the United States in connection with the performance of lawful government functions; corruptly influencing, obstructing, impeding and endeavoring to influence, obstruct and impede the due administration of justice, and aiding and abetting therein; traveling interstate with intent to commit bribery)
Arthur David Borel (Odometer Rollback)
Douglas Charles Borel (Odometer Rollback)
George Thomas Brabham (Making a false statement or report to a federally insured bank)
Almon Glenn Braswell (1983 mail fraud and perjury)
Leonard Browder (Illegal dispensing of controlled substance and Medicaid fraud)
David Steven Brown (Securities fraud and mail fraud)
Delores Caroylene Burleson, aka Delores Cox Burleson (Possession of Marijuana)
John H. Bustamante (wire fraud)
Mary Louise Campbell (Unauthorized use and transfer of food stamps)
Eloida Candelaria (False information in registering to vote)
Dennis Sobrevinas Capili (Filing false statements in alien registration)
Donna Denise Chambers (Intent to distribute cocaine)
Douglas Eugene Chapman (Bank fraud)
Ronald Keith Chapman (Bank fraud)
Francisco Larois Chavez (Aiding and abetting illegal entry of aliens)
Henry Cisneros (former HUD Secretary)
Roger Clinton, Jr. Cocaine charges(half-brother of President Bill Clinton)[3]
Stuart Harris Cohn (Illegal sale of commodity options)
David Marc Cooper (Conspiracy to defraud the government)
Ernest Harley Cox Jr. (Defraud of federally insured savings and loan)
John F. Cross Jr. (Embezzlement)
Rickey Lee Cunningham (Intent to distribute marijuana)
Richard Anthony De Labio (Mail fraud)
John Deutch (former Director of Central Intelligence Agency)
Richard Douglas (False statements to a government agent)
Edward Reynolds Downe (Wire fraud, false income tax returns and securities fraud)
Marvin Dean Dudley (False statements)
Larry Lee Duncan
Galen R. Elmore (Convicted of cattle theft)
Robert Clinton Fain
Marcos Arcenio Fernandez
Alvarez Ferrouillet
Henry O. Flipper - guilty of "conduct unbecoming an officer" (1882)
William Dennis Fugazy
Lloyd Reid George
Louis Goldstein
Rubye Lee Gordon
Pincus Green
Robert Ivey Hamner
Samuel Price Handley
Woodie Randolph Handley
Jay Houston Harmon
Rick Hendrick
John Hummingson
David S. Herdlinger
Debi Rae Huckleberry
Warren C. Hultgren Jr.
Donald Ray James
Stanley Pruet Jobe
Ruben H. Johnson
Linda Jones
James Howard Lake
June Louise Lewis
Salim Bonnor Lewis
John Leighton Lodwick
Hildebrando Lopez
Jose Julio Luaces
James Timothy Maness
James Lowell Manning, (1982, aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false corporate income tax return)
John Robert Martin
Frank Ayala Martinez
Silvia Leticia Beltran Martinez
John Francis McCormick
Susan H. McDougal
Howard Mechanic
Brook K. Mitchell Sr.
Samuel Loring Morison
Charles Wilfred Morgan III
Richard Anthony Nazzaro
Charlene Ann Nosenko
Vernon Raymond Obermeier
Miguelina Ogalde
David C. Owen
Robert W. Palmer
Kelli Anne Perhosky
Richard H. Pezzopane
Orville Rex Phillips
Vinson Stewart Poling Jr.
James G. Powell
Norman Lyle Prouse
Willie H.H. Pruitt Jr.[4]
Danny Martin Pursley Sr.
Charles D. Ravenel
William Clyde Ray
Alfredo Luna Regalado
Ildefonso Reynes Ricafort
Marc Rich
Howard Winfield Riddle
Richard Wilson Riley Jr., Cocaine and marijuana charges, His father was Clinton's Education Secretary.[4]
Samuel Lee Robbins
Joel Gonzales Rodriguez
Michael James Rogers
Anna Louise Ross
Dan Rostenkowski - Former Democratic Congressman convicted in the Congressional Post Office Scandal
Gerald Glen Rust
Jerri Ann Rust
Bettye June Rutherford
Gregory Lee Sands
Adolph Schwimmer
Albert A. Seretti Jr.
Patricia Campbell Hearst Shaw
Dennis Joseph Smith
Gerald Owen Smith
Stephen A. Smith
Jimmie Lee Speake
Charles Bernard Stewart
Marlena Francisca Stewart-Rollins
Fife Symington III - former Arizona governor
Richard Lee Tannehill
Nicholas C. Tenaglia
Gary Allen Thomas
Larry Weldon Todd
Olga C. Trevino
Ignatious Vamvouklis
Patricia A. Van De Weerd
Christopher V. Wade
Bill Wayne Warmath
Jack Kenneth Watson
Donna Lynn Webb
Donald William Wells
Robert H. Wendt
Jack L. Williams
Kavin Arthur Williams
Robert Michael Williams
Jimmie Lee Wilson
Thelma Louise Wingate
Mitchell Couey Wood
Warren Stannard Wood
Dewey Worthey
Rick Allen Yale
Joseph A. Yasak
William Stanley Yingling
Phillip David Young
Keith Sanders
Darren Muci
Billhill:
stick around .... Bush broke 3x as many laws as Clinton as Psdt and the
TRUE CRIMINAL ELEMENT his ass runs with he will make Clinton's ... as well
as Bush 41's Pardon records look Minor League
Junior is gonna go out in style baby!!! ... 0-2 in miltary ventues ... worse
economy since the Depression and approval ratings that are nipping at OJ's ass !!!
stick around .... Bush broke 3x as many laws as Clinton as Psdt and the
TRUE CRIMINAL ELEMENT his ass runs with he will make Clinton's ... as well
as Bush 41's Pardon records look Minor League
Junior is gonna go out in style baby!!! ... 0-2 in miltary ventues ... worse
economy since the Depression and approval ratings that are nipping at OJ's ass !!!
Lies...
Cindy doubled the business on her watch...hardly a "trust baby".
And Obama has more ties to the crime world ...and it doesn't bother you at all.
Hypocrite...pure and simple.
Is that right Einstein?
Bush’s contention that he can ignore provisions of the Patriot Act, whose renewal he ushered last month, has drawn scrutiny. (Jim Young/ Reuters) <!-- <headline>Bush challenges hundreds of laws</headline> <source>Boston Globe</source> <teasetext>WASHINGTON -- President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.</teasetext> <byline>Charlie Savage</byline> <date>April 30, 2006</date> -->
Bush challenges hundreds of laws
President cites powers of his office
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | April 30, 2006
WASHINGTON -- President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.
Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ''whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research.
Bush’s contention that he can ignore provisions of the Patriot Act, whose renewal he ushered last month, has drawn scrutiny. (Jim Young/ Reuters) <!-- <headline>Bush challenges hundreds of laws</headline> <source>Boston Globe</source> <teasetext>WASHINGTON -- President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.</teasetext> <byline>Charlie Savage</byline> <date>April 30, 2006</date> -->
Bush challenges hundreds of lawsPresident cites powers of his office
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | April 30, 2006
WASHINGTON -- President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.
Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ''whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research.
The "objectives" are being accomplished ???
Wow ... and how did Bush lead the American public into war?
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush and his top aides publicly made 935 false statements about the security risk posed by Iraq in the two years following September 11, 2001, according to a study released Tuesday by two nonprofit journalism groups.
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<!-- /PURGE: /2008/POLITICS/01/23/bush.iraq/art.bush.march03.afp.gi.jpg --> <!--endclickprintexclude--> "In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003," reads an overview of the examination, conducted by the Center for Public Integrity and its affiliated group, the Fund for Independence in Journalism.
According to the study, Bush and seven top officials -- including Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and then-National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice -- made 935 false statements about Iraq during those two years.
Wow ... and how did Bush lead the American public into war?
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush and his top aides publicly made 935 false statements about the security risk posed by Iraq in the two years following September 11, 2001, according to a study released Tuesday by two nonprofit journalism groups.
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According to the study, Bush and seven top officials -- including Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and then-National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice -- made 935 false statements about Iraq during those two years.
That leading Al Queda member was who??
was it CIA boy Timmy Osman?
You and Chuck Norris should rent a cave and jack each other this
weekend as your "lets kick their asses" GOP bullshit is classical
Bush could not tell ya the fundamental diffc between a Shia and a
Sunni and we have spent a half a billion and 4000 lives in a country
that Bush publically admitted had nothing to do with 9-11 events
and Bin Laden's poster with the FBI does not mention 9-11 makes
one realize that being a complete DITTOHEAD means the following:
YES ... I VOTED GOP AS SARAH PALIN KEEPS AN EYE ON THOSE
RUSSIAN BOMBERS
was it CIA boy Timmy Osman?
You and Chuck Norris should rent a cave and jack each other this
weekend as your "lets kick their asses" GOP bullshit is classical
Bush could not tell ya the fundamental diffc between a Shia and a
Sunni and we have spent a half a billion and 4000 lives in a country
that Bush publically admitted had nothing to do with 9-11 events
and Bin Laden's poster with the FBI does not mention 9-11 makes
one realize that being a complete DITTOHEAD means the following:
YES ... I VOTED GOP AS SARAH PALIN KEEPS AN EYE ON THOSE
RUSSIAN BOMBERS
Sign The Petition To Save Border Patrol Agents Ramos And Compean - Stop This Injustice
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Two Border Patrol Agents have been found guilty of numerous charges as if they were criminals for attempting to apprehend a criminal drug smuggler at the Mexican border. Here's a little background on what happened.
http://www.grassfire.org/142/petition.asp
San Bernardino County Sun
Ramos, 37, and Compean, 28, were convicted of assault with serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and a civil-rights violation. Aldrete-Davila, the Mexican the agents were pursuing, was in possession of more than $1 million worth of marijuana, which he had brought into the United States through the small town of Fabens, Texas.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Deborah Kanof, who successfully prosecuted both men, argued during the trial that it was not the agents' job to pursue Davila in the first place.
They face a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years with a recommendation of 20 years.
They ended up wounding this criminal in the chase after he turned on one of the agents with what looked like a gun and he was fired upon and hit in the rear end. After he escaped to Mexico a US Department of Homeland Security Investigator hunted down this criminal, not to arrest him, but to give him immunity if he testified against the Border Patrol Agents that shot him.
Can you believe that? It was never discovered if what was brandished at the agents was indeed a gun, but it is quite possible in my opinion. The fact that these two were doing their jobs and trying to stop drug smuggling and then being convicted on criminal charges for doing their jobs is a travesty and every American should be outraged.
On top of this the criminal, Aldrete-Davila, is now suing the US for $5 million dollars for violating his civil rights. His civil rights to smuggle drugs.
What kind of message are we sending to law enforcement? That if you try to do your job you could potentially be put away in jail for a long time? Where do I sign up!
Here's what you can do to help. Grassfire.org has set up a petition that is being sent to Congress urging President Bush to pardon these two of their convictions. They're trying to receive 100,000 signatures before they send it on. They currently have over 63,000 as of this writing.
The petition is here. Go sign it now and please forward this information and petition on to all that you know.
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Two Border Patrol Agents have been found guilty of numerous charges as if they were criminals for attempting to apprehend a criminal drug smuggler at the Mexican border. Here's a little background on what happened.
http://www.grassfire.org/142/petition.asp
San Bernardino County Sun
Ramos, 37, and Compean, 28, were convicted of assault with serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and a civil-rights violation. Aldrete-Davila, the Mexican the agents were pursuing, was in possession of more than $1 million worth of marijuana, which he had brought into the United States through the small town of Fabens, Texas.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Deborah Kanof, who successfully prosecuted both men, argued during the trial that it was not the agents' job to pursue Davila in the first place.
They ended up wounding this criminal in the chase after he turned on one of the agents with what looked like a gun and he was fired upon and hit in the rear end. After he escaped to Mexico a US Department of Homeland Security Investigator hunted down this criminal, not to arrest him, but to give him immunity if he testified against the Border Patrol Agents that shot him.
Can you believe that? It was never discovered if what was brandished at the agents was indeed a gun, but it is quite possible in my opinion. The fact that these two were doing their jobs and trying to stop drug smuggling and then being convicted on criminal charges for doing their jobs is a travesty and every American should be outraged.
On top of this the criminal, Aldrete-Davila, is now suing the US for $5 million dollars for violating his civil rights. His civil rights to smuggle drugs.
What kind of message are we sending to law enforcement? That if you try to do your job you could potentially be put away in jail for a long time? Where do I sign up!
Here's what you can do to help. Grassfire.org has set up a petition that is being sent to Congress urging President Bush to pardon these two of their convictions. They're trying to receive 100,000 signatures before they send it on. They currently have over 63,000 as of this writing.
The petition is here. Go sign it now and please forward this information and petition on to all that you know.
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As noted in my earlier post, Ramos and Compean shot an unarmed man in the back and then they lied about details to both their commanding officers and to investigating officers. They're right where they belong.
And they've already lost two appeals that their case was unjustly sentenced.
Meanwhile, the guy they shot got over for a short time after being found in possession of large amount of pot, but he too is now facing new charges and is likely on his way to his own long prison stretch.
Pretty much a Win-Win-Win for all Americans
And they've already lost two appeals that their case was unjustly sentenced.
Meanwhile, the guy they shot got over for a short time after being found in possession of large amount of pot, but he too is now facing new charges and is likely on his way to his own long prison stretch.
Pretty much a Win-Win-Win for all Americans
Bolded emphasis added below by barman:
US TX: Column: Don't Rewrite History - Agents Weren't Heroes
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n898/a07.html
Newshawk: Increase Your Media http://www.mapinc.org/resource
Votes: 0
Pubdate: Thu, 26 Jul 2007
Source: Austin American-Statesman (TX)
Copyright: 2007 Austin American-Statesman
Contact: <script>male2('letters','statesman.com');</script>letters@statesman.com
Website: http://www.statesman.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/32
Author: Ruben Navarrette Jr, San Diego Union-Tribune
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Compean
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/Border+Patrol
DON'T REWRITE HISTORY - AGENTS WEREN'T HEROES
In the Old West, outlaw gangs would sometimes try to sidestep the criminal justice system by busting someone out of jail. Today, that role is being taken up by some members of Congress.
Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing into the case of ex-Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. The two men were convicted last year of shooting and wounding Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, an unarmed drug smuggler, along the U.S.-Mexican border and then covering it up by destroying evidence and falsifying reports. Ramos and Compean were sentenced to 11 and 12 years respectively.
That's too long a stretch in the opinion of Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and John Cornyn, R-Texas. After the hearing, they sent a letter to Bush asking him to commute the sentences.
Bush should afford the request the consideration it deserves, all three seconds worth. Then he should crumple up the letter. When will Congress learn that presidential pardons and other forms of clemency are matters for the executive branch?
At a recent town hall-style forum in Nashville, Bush was asked whether he would pardon Ramos and Compean. The president refused to make such a promise and instead described as "a dear friend" and "an even-handed guy" U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, whose office tried this case and who hasn't had a moment's peace since. Then Bush reiterated that "these men were convicted by a jury of their peers" and that "people need to look at the facts."
The facts of the case haven't changed. On Feb. 17, 2005, Ramos and Compean were on patrol on the U.S.-Mexico border near Fabens, Texas, when they spotted a suspicious van. When they approached, they discovered Aldrete-Davila, who began running toward the Mexican side of the border. The agents opened fire.
Nor has there been any change in the law under which Ramos and Compean were tried, convicted and sentenced. It's still a crime for officers to shoot an unarmed suspect and then lie about it.
In fact, arguably, the only thing that has changed since the ex-agents began serving their sentences six months ago is the political climate. Many of those who want to curb illegal immigration feel empowered now that they have had a hand in defeating immigration reform, and they want to flex those muscles by trying to get elected officeholders to spring Ramos and Compean.
Ironically, these are the same folks who talk about the rule of law and how we mustn't go around rewarding lawbreakers. Their allies include politicians such as Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., a quixotic GOP presidential candidate who has introduced legislation calling for a pardon of Ramos and Compean. Hunter opposed what he called "amnesty" for 12 million illegal immigrants, yet he wants amnesty for two former Border Patrol agents.
Is Hunter the hard-liner going soft? Or is it just that his principles aren't as firm as he claims them to be?
This is not the first time that the former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has shown his sensitive side. When his buddy and fellow Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham - or, as he is now known, federal inmate No. 94405-198 - came up for sentencing, Hunter wrote a letter to U.S. District Judge Larry Burns asking for leniency.
Cunningham collected $2.4 million in homes, yachts, antiques and other bribes. Hunter's plea notwithstanding, the former congressman was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison.
Hunter hopes he'll have better luck in seeking clemency for Ramos and Compean. He and other champions of the former agents always seem to steer the conversation toward Aldrete-Davila - a bad actor who received immunity in exchange for testifying against the agents, and was even given a government-issued "humanitarian pass" to cross the border for medical treatment. According to Drug Enforcement Administration documents, Aldrete-Davila allegedly used the pass to bring in more drugs.
Shocking. We already knew this guy was slime. Here's the really sad part: The ex-agents took the stand in their own defense, and yet the jury that convicted them apparently found their testimony to be less credible than that of the drug dealer.
Bet you won't hear that from the members of the Ramos and Compean Fan Club. That's why they have no credibility. And members of Congress who buy into their narrative - of hero agents who were railroaded into prison - risk their credibility as well.
US TX: Column: Don't Rewrite History - Agents Weren't Heroes
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n898/a07.html
Newshawk: Increase Your Media http://www.mapinc.org/resource
Votes: 0Pubdate: Thu, 26 Jul 2007
Source: Austin American-Statesman (TX)
Copyright: 2007 Austin American-Statesman
Contact: <script>male2('letters','statesman.com');</script>letters@statesman.com
Website: http://www.statesman.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/32
Author: Ruben Navarrette Jr, San Diego Union-Tribune
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Compean
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/Border+Patrol
DON'T REWRITE HISTORY - AGENTS WEREN'T HEROES
In the Old West, outlaw gangs would sometimes try to sidestep the criminal justice system by busting someone out of jail. Today, that role is being taken up by some members of Congress.
Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing into the case of ex-Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. The two men were convicted last year of shooting and wounding Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, an unarmed drug smuggler, along the U.S.-Mexican border and then covering it up by destroying evidence and falsifying reports. Ramos and Compean were sentenced to 11 and 12 years respectively.
That's too long a stretch in the opinion of Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and John Cornyn, R-Texas. After the hearing, they sent a letter to Bush asking him to commute the sentences.
Bush should afford the request the consideration it deserves, all three seconds worth. Then he should crumple up the letter. When will Congress learn that presidential pardons and other forms of clemency are matters for the executive branch?
At a recent town hall-style forum in Nashville, Bush was asked whether he would pardon Ramos and Compean. The president refused to make such a promise and instead described as "a dear friend" and "an even-handed guy" U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, whose office tried this case and who hasn't had a moment's peace since. Then Bush reiterated that "these men were convicted by a jury of their peers" and that "people need to look at the facts."
The facts of the case haven't changed. On Feb. 17, 2005, Ramos and Compean were on patrol on the U.S.-Mexico border near Fabens, Texas, when they spotted a suspicious van. When they approached, they discovered Aldrete-Davila, who began running toward the Mexican side of the border. The agents opened fire.
Nor has there been any change in the law under which Ramos and Compean were tried, convicted and sentenced. It's still a crime for officers to shoot an unarmed suspect and then lie about it.
In fact, arguably, the only thing that has changed since the ex-agents began serving their sentences six months ago is the political climate. Many of those who want to curb illegal immigration feel empowered now that they have had a hand in defeating immigration reform, and they want to flex those muscles by trying to get elected officeholders to spring Ramos and Compean.
Ironically, these are the same folks who talk about the rule of law and how we mustn't go around rewarding lawbreakers. Their allies include politicians such as Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., a quixotic GOP presidential candidate who has introduced legislation calling for a pardon of Ramos and Compean. Hunter opposed what he called "amnesty" for 12 million illegal immigrants, yet he wants amnesty for two former Border Patrol agents.
Is Hunter the hard-liner going soft? Or is it just that his principles aren't as firm as he claims them to be?
This is not the first time that the former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has shown his sensitive side. When his buddy and fellow Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham - or, as he is now known, federal inmate No. 94405-198 - came up for sentencing, Hunter wrote a letter to U.S. District Judge Larry Burns asking for leniency.
Cunningham collected $2.4 million in homes, yachts, antiques and other bribes. Hunter's plea notwithstanding, the former congressman was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison.
Hunter hopes he'll have better luck in seeking clemency for Ramos and Compean. He and other champions of the former agents always seem to steer the conversation toward Aldrete-Davila - a bad actor who received immunity in exchange for testifying against the agents, and was even given a government-issued "humanitarian pass" to cross the border for medical treatment. According to Drug Enforcement Administration documents, Aldrete-Davila allegedly used the pass to bring in more drugs.
Shocking. We already knew this guy was slime. Here's the really sad part: The ex-agents took the stand in their own defense, and yet the jury that convicted them apparently found their testimony to be less credible than that of the drug dealer.
Bet you won't hear that from the members of the Ramos and Compean Fan Club. That's why they have no credibility. And members of Congress who buy into their narrative - of hero agents who were railroaded into prison - risk their credibility as well.
