This says it all about the type of individual you are and your ability to be intellectually honest. Nuff said.
And for those Border Agents they were convicted in a court of law. They lied and covered up information regarding the discharging of their weapons. We do not live in a police state (thank God), they deserved to be punished. Is the sentence to harsh?? Now there, there is reason for discussion. But they are not innocent and they were not simply doing their jobs. They lied about discharging their weapons against an individual whom they had no idea who he was (him being illegal after the fact is a mute point).
Seems the main criteria for the use of those gunslingers is the crime of offending Mexico....
Of course, offing a few Americans to appease Mexico is going to really help in November '08
"And for those Border Agents they were convicted in a court of law."
Yes, they were, because information was withheld from the jury about the drug smuggler's weapon, the weapon that all his family members told reporters he ALWAYS carried on him. And, of course, for a drug smuggler who's carrying a million dollars' worth of drugs across the border, it makes sense that he would be armed.
"They lied and covered up information regarding the discharging of their weapons."
Compean, who has an unblemished record as a border agent, said in his sworn testimony that the drug smuggler didn't stop when Compean yelled at him to but instead turned around and pointed a gun at Compean. Then Compean fired his weapon, in order to wound him. So what was Compean supposed to do? Let himself get shot in order to keep from breaking the "rules"? Some rules.
The real crimes were committed by the drug smuggler and the U.S. attorney Sutton. Bush and Gonzalez know it and were complicit in the crime. For that alone, I wouldn't care if Bush were to be impeached -- he's got it coming.