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Ya mean Sutton lied in his sworn testimony before the Senate? I'm shocked! (Of course, we know that Compean did not testify as Sutton states so definitively -- that "he took a header into the ditch." Agent Juarez simply gave the testimony that Johnny Sutton wanted to hear, given under immunity and only after changing his story at least four times after threats of prosecution.)

Little Johnny Sutton has got to go (straight to prison!)

FEINSTEIN: Are you saying Agent Compean was not on the ground?

SUTTON: Yes. He was not on the ground. And that's the difficulty in having a discussion like this, is that we had a two-and-a-half-week jury trial. All these people testified, including Agents Compean and Ramos. There was another Border Patrol agent who was standing right there, standing with Agent Ramos on the ditch. He testified at trial. He observed the entire confrontation. He observed Agent Compean go over the levy. He testified at trial ... that Compean tried to strike Aldrete in the head with a shotgun. Aldrete ducked. Compean fell headfirst into a ditch and then Aldrete takes off like a rabbit over the levy. And he...

FEINSTEIN: But you're saying Compean falls into the ditch. The ditch was 11 feet deep.

SUTTON: Right. He fell straight headfirst down into that ditch. Aldrete, the drug smuggler...

FEINSTEIN: So he was on the ground.

SUTTON: He was on the ground. But what Mr. Botsford was talking about is what Compean testified at trial. Compean's testimony was that he took a header into the ditch, was able to get up, run back up the ditch, catch Aldrete, wrestle with him, he fell to the ground. That is absolutely false.

FEINSTEIN: Who fell to the ground?

SUTTON: Compean.

FEINSTEIN: OK.

SUTTON: What the agent at the scene saw Compean fall, the smuggler take off like a rabbit over the levy and said he was halfway to Mexico by the time Compean got over the levy ...