Thanks potlatch
A little Herb Alpert there!
Posted on 07/05/2007 12:56:42 PM PDT by pissant
Two California congressmen, one of whom introduced legislation this year calling for a congressional pardon for two U.S. Border Patrol agents, say that if President Bush can commute the sentence of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, he can order pardons for the agents.
"If the president of the United States is going to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby, he should immediately accompany that with a pardon for Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos," said Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and 2008 presidential candidate.
"If Scooter Libby is going to receive this treatment, and there very well could be a compelling reason for the president's actions, agents Compean and Ramos should then be provided a full pardon," said Mr. Hunter, whose bill has 100 co-sponsors. "Mr. President, pardon our Border Patrolmen."
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican, said Libby was convicted of obstructing the investigation of a crime, "yet no one has been charged with a crime" in the case. However, Mr. Rohrabacher said, while Mr. Bush rightly showed mercy to Libby, he "does not seem to have the same mercy for the average men and women holding the front lines of our borders.
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If you don't think these guys were railroaded then I'd suggest you read the first 15 pages of this portion of the transcript.
Davila was given a UNIQUE immunity deal which effectively cut off the defendants from properly questioning his credibility.
Davila was the only witness who could have testified that he did not have a gun and was not pointing it at the officers at the time he was shot. The defendants were precluded from properly and fairly being given a chance to destroy his worthless credibility.
Your conclusion that he was unarmed is based solely upon the testimony of a serial drug smuggler, who was noted to always be armed when carrying drug shipments.
But you'd rather believe the testimony of a lying serial drug smuggler than Border patrol agents who had never before been accused of any official wrongdoing.
The transcripts are there for the reading. It is the "off the record" conversations which are most telling in this case. Those conversations show how the defendants were denied an opportunity to put on a proper defense.
And a “Taste of Honey” too, very nice.
Great “blow your own horn” gif, lol.
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Great sound & stereo separation on that .wav
Yes, I always liked Herb Alpert and A Taste of Honey. You will have to explain the ‘separation’ bit another time.
Shooting illegal invaders carrying drugs isn’t lawlessness.
President Hunter must pardon these men on Jan 21, 2001.
Duncan Hunter is a good man, but why he has chosen to involve himself in this is beyond me. I heard the prosecutor on Sean Hannity. These guys not only lied once, but also twice. They made it virtually impossible that the Mexican drug runner would ever be convicted of anything. I think we need to protect the border, but this has nothing to do with this case.
Let’s disagree, but let’s not be disagreeable. I respect your opinion on this, but I don’t agree that these guys should be pardoned.
You are listening to the PROSECUTOR’s side of the story. Equivalent to listening to Nifongs side of the story and not paying ANY attention to the malfeasance that many, many of other’s have dug up on his prosecution.
I’m hoping Bush will do the right thing long before that.
Yes! I heard it! Fabulous!
True patriots are “vigilantes” per Bush.
Yep...Hunter is a GREAT American!
I read the transcript. There was a BP officer present who testified Davila was not armed. He was present and saw the whole incident.
I have limited knowledge of the accused BP’s testimony but from all accounts, they did not follow proper procedures after the shooting.
I believe that he would have said that he didn't see a gun. If he said that Davila was not armed, then he was a liar, since nobody drives a half million dollars worth of drugs across the border, unless they have the means to keep it from being hijacked.
I have limited knowledge of the accused BP’s testimony but from all accounts, they did not follow proper procedures after the shooting.
To be honest, I would be surprised if they ever followed "proper procedures." These are Government employees.
good on ya, Phil!!
Thank you!
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