"From reports I've read, Johnny Sutton is a real piece of "work"."
Have you read this:
http://www.narconews.com/Issue38/article1374.html
A recently retired, high-ranking DEA official is calling on Congress to investigate the role played by a U.S. Attorney in the cover-up of an informants participation in mass murder in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
The DEA official, Sandalio Gonzalez, is pointing the finger squarely at Johnny Sutton, the U.S. Attorney in San Antonio, Texas. He claims that had Sutton taken action sooner in the case, more than a dozen people might still be alive today. As a result, Gonzalez says Congress must act now to get to the bottom of what Sutton knew, and when he knew it.
Johnny Sutton certainly does appear to be dealing with some unsavory characters. Which side of the law is he supposed to be on now???