BREAKING NEWS: DHS Inspectors Admittedly LIED to Congress About Border Patrol Case

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[American Cabalist]

******BREAKING NEWS******

Congressman John Culberson (R-TX) announced today in Houston, TX that DHS-Inspector General Richard Skinner admitted that his deputy inspectors Lisa Redman and James Taylor as well as DHS congressional liaison Tamara Faulkner LIED to members of Congress about statements that are foundational to the prosecution's case against Border Patrol agents Compean and Ramos.

The DHS inspectors claimed that the Border Patrol agents were "rogue cops" and that they had very damning sworn statements to that effect:

1. They knew that he was unarmed.

2. They knew that he was not a threat to them.

3. That they had said that morning that they were going to "go out and shoot them some Mexicans."

Furthermore, the DHS officials promised Congress that they would produce those sworn statements for Congressional review. That was four and a half months ago. Since then, DHS has stalled and obfuscated every time the Congressional members wrote letters or made phone calls to collect those statements.

All three of those statements have now been proven as false. DHS-IG Skinner admitted yesterday that his deputies lied to Congress and that those sworn statements do not exist and that Congress had been "misled".

Culberson has concluded that DHS deliberately lied to Congress and gave them false information in order to "throw them off the scent" of their investigation into the Border Patrol case. He said this is indicative of a large-scale cover-up inside of DHS, the Department of Justice, and the entire prosecution against Compean and Ramos. He and other Congressman will be announcing today their demand for a full investigation into the DHS cover-up and the immediate resignations of the DHS officials involved.

I'll have more updates within a few hours, which I'll post here, including the audio of John Culberson's announcement.

[xcamel]

Not hardly "breaking"
see: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1780426/posts
with almost 400 replies

[randog]

He and other Congressman will be announcing today their demand for a full investigation into the DHS cover-up and the immediate resignations of the DHS officials involved.

Resignation? Isn't lying to congress a crime?

[Scarchin]

Glenn Beck discussing this now.

I'll probably get flamed for this, but I would support impeachment charges for willful failure to protect the borders.

[Scarchin]

Only if you're a Republican!

[John Jorsett]

Not hardly "breaking"

That other one's in the Siberia of Chat/General, where the "news/activism" readers will never see it.

[xcamel]

With over 500 replies? you're kidding yourself...

[msnimje]

SO What?

Over at Democratic Underground the FEEL about things. Here, we are supposed to THINK about things. People need to put their emotions aside and looks at the facts of this case.

They were found guilty by a jury in WEST TEXAS (not Los Angeles).

The prosecutor has been an aggressive and harsh prosecutor of illegal aliens and a supporter of the border patrol.

They had an almost three week trial. They were represented by aggressive and capable attorneys who got to present all the evidence to the jury.

Other Border Patrol agents testified against them.

We are not qualified nor informed enough to make judgments of guilt or innocence and certainly not qualified to tell the President of the United States which convicted felons he should pardon.

But remember this, had these two men done their job properly, this drug dealer would be in prison now.

Please, THINK ABOUT IT.

[American Cabalist]

xcamel, I don't read that forum, so I didn't know it was posted over there. Please don't take it so personally. I was just trying to get the word out. The more people that read about it the better.

You've already gotten one of my threads shut down, so content yourself with that, and call it a day.

No hard feelings, OK?

[rednesss]

Well said.

[American Cabalist]

You've been reading only what the prosecution wanted you to see, msnimje. And now you know for a fact that much of what you think you know about this case being about "rogue cops" is FALSE.

There's far more information - FACTS - that you need to bring yourself up to speed on:

Guard The Borders Aug 21 06: Pre-sentencing Coverage

Podcast Coverage

Guard the Borders Jan 22 07: Dirty Texas Politics Taint Border Patrol Agents’ Trial

Guard the Borders Feb 05 07: Dirty Texas Politics, Part TwoBREAKING NEWS: BP Agent Ramos Assaulted By Illegals In Prison!!

[Leatherneck_MT]

There are too many questions not to see the Transcripts of the court proceedings.

There are too many things that DHS has lied about.

I'd rather see a decision made as to whether or not to pardon them or give them a new trial once all of this information has been released to the Congressional Committee looking into it.

If after that, they are denied a parole, I personally will let it drop.

There's something about this entire affair tho that stinks too bad just to let it go.

[JRochelle]

On Laura this morning she was letting Tony Snow have it.

Apparently Tony was on her show last week and when she asked him about this he told her to read the trial transcripts. She will learn the facts if she only reads the trial transcripts.

Well now we find out that Tony has never read them. There are still no trial transcripts, as the court reporter has been ill and the judge hasn't assigned anyone else to transcribe the trial.

What a total sham.

[American Cabalist]

A former criminal courts judge for 25 years, Congressman Ted Poe, has this to say about this unprecedented DHS cover-up:

Under questioning by Culberson, Skinner admitted DHS did not in fact have investigative reports to back up the claims: "The person who told you that misinformed you," Skinner reportedly replied.

This prompted a startled and angry response from Culberson, who charged Skinner's office with lying to the Texas congressmen and painting Ramos and Compean as dirty cops.

Responding to Skinner's testimony yesterday, Poe said it "explains why DHS has been stonewalling Congress."

"DHS didn't turn over the reports to us to back up their September 26 accusations for one simple reason – the reports never existed," the Texas congressman said.

"Why did it take DHS four months to admit their error?" he asked. "I wonder how much more has DHS told the public and Congress about Ramos and Compean that simply isn't true?"

Poe said he's determined to get to the bottom of DHS's claim.

I hardly think an experienced criminal judge would qualify as overly emotional or non-thinking. He's seen it all and this has shocked him to the core.

THINK ABOUT IT: Why would the federal government look for a hardened criminal drug smuggler and give him immunity - not once, but TWICE - to testify against American law enforcement officers who verbally reported the shooting to their superiors? Why would the federal government lie to Congress and try to paint the LEOs as "rogue cops" when they clearly were NOT? Why has the prosecution been caught in several egregious lies about the case, including lying to the defense attorneys about the ballistics reports, and lying to the jurors during the court proceedings???

[American Cabalist]

You are exactly right.

The trial was finished in March of 2006. The court has refused to complete the transcripts - and it's been 11 months!

Ask any judge or attorney and they will tell you that most court transcripts are completed within days.

The court's reason for the delay? Their transcriptionist has been "sick". Too sick to move her fingers across a keyboard to complete the transcripts for one of the most important court cases this year?? Too sick for almost a full year???? C'mon - get that poor woman a doctor already!! And give the court records to someone else to trascribe.

Nothing about this case washes - it's DIRTY.

[Dante3]

Ditto. The greatest danger to this country comes from open borders.

[Dante3]

I used to respect and like Tony Snow. Not any more. He has become dishonest, at least in reference to this case, given reporters a snow job.

Regarding the trial transcripts not being ready - this makes no sense unless there is one huge frame-up and cover-up.

[MotleyGirl70]

You've already gotten one of my threads shut down, so content yourself with that, and call it a day.

Just look at xcamel's posting history;he's nortorious for being a Thread Cop--ignore him.

[MotleyGirl70]

nortorious =notorious

[Mr. Mojo]

The greatest danger to this country comes from open borders.

The greatest danger to this country comes from government officials that do everything within their power (and often illegally) to make sure the borders remain open and the morale of the border patrolmen remains low.