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“The fact that the president has neglected to free these men from their imprisonment while freeing drug dealers, embezzlers and other criminals is insulting to the American people. For the sake of justice, let’s hope this is not the last round of pardons and commutations.” - Congressman Dana Rohrabacher Apparently some in the Bush Administration believe drug dealers, tax evaders and bank embezzlers are deserving of pardons...... but former Border Patrol Agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos - serving a combined 23 years for what Congressman Tom Tancredo described as "doing their jobs" - don't even deserve the time of...

Conservatives expressed bitter disappointment Friday that President Bush did not use the Thanksgiving holiday to pardon two U.S. border agents who have been imprisoned for a year for shooting and injuring a man now accused of drug smuggling. "We had hoped that President Bush, who was compassionate enough to pardon two turkeys in the Rose Garden, might also have had enough compassion to pardon two law enforcement officers who spent their lives defending us at the border," said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach). A group of Christian and evangelical leaders -- including Paul M. Weyrich of the Free Congress Foundation,...

North Korea demands "thorough investigation" into treatment of diplomats in Finland The Associated PressPublished: February 25, 2007 HELSINKI, Finland: North Korea has demanded an investigation into the treatment by Finnish police of two of its diplomats, after they were evicted from a train because they allegedly failed to produce travel documents, officials said Sunday. Finnish police told the Foreign Ministry that the two men — en route from Moscow to Helsinki on Feb. 13 — had not produced train tickets, identification papers or any documents indicating they were diplomats, ministry spokeswoman Tiina Myllyntausta said. "North Korea has requested a thorough...