I see no border patrol pardons ...
The list so far:
Leslie Owen Collier of Charleston, Mo. She was convicted for unauthorized use of a pesticide and violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
_Milton Kirk Cordes of Rapid City, S.D. Cordes was convicted of conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, which prohibits importation into the country of wildlife taken in violation of conservation laws.
_Richard Micheal Culpepper of Mahomet, Ill., who was convicted of making false statements to the federal government.
_Brenda Jean Dolenz-Helmer of Fort Worth, Texas, for reporting or helping cover up a crime.
_Andrew Foster Harley of Falls Church, Va. Harley was convicted of wrongful use and distribution of marijuana and cocaine.
_Obie Gene Helton of Rossville, Ga., whose offense was unauthorized acquisition of food stamps.
_Carey C. Hice Sr. of Travelers Rest, S.C., who was convicted of income tax evasion.
_Geneva Yvonne Hogg of Jacksonville, Fla., convicted of bank embezzlement.
_William Hoyle McCright Jr. of Midland, Texas, who was sentenced for making false entries, books, reports or statements to a bank.
_Paul Julian McCurdy of Sulphur, Okla., who was sentenced for misapplication of bank funds.
_Robert Earl Mohon Jr. of Grant, Ala., who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
_Ronald Alan Mohrhoff of Los Angeles, who was convicted for unlawful use of a telephone in a narcotics felony.
_Daniel Figh Pue III of Conroe, Texas, convicted of illegal treatment, storage and disposal of a hazardous waste without a permit.
_Orion Lynn Vick of White Hall, Ark., who was convicted of aiding and abetting the theft of government property.
Bush also commuted the prison sentences of John Edward Forte of North Brunswick, N.J., and James Russell Harris of Detroit, Mich. Both were convicted of cocaine offenses.
All the more despicable that he pardons some drug dealers while not the border patrol that tried to stop them.
Okay, what is “unlawful use of a telephone” in connection with a drug offense? Did the guy slam the FBI agent alongside his head with an old style dial telephone?
I don’t see Scooter Libby’s name either.
If he leaves office without pardoning Ramos and Compean he’ll lose what little respect I have left for him.
A little background on James Russell Harris (Detroit News):
A former Detroit police sergeant convicted in a cocaine case arising from an FBI sting operation was among two people granted clemency Monday by President George W. Bush.
James Russell "Jimmie" Harrris, now 62 and serving a 30-year prison sentence that was expected to keep him locked up until 2019, is to be released soon from a federal prison in North Carolina under the president's order.
Harris of Detroit was convicted of providing protection to FBI agents posing as drug lords and money launderers.
"I'm very happy to hear that," said Detroit attorney Mark Kriger, who at one time represented Harris. "That was a very long sentence. He's very ill (with diabetes), is my understanding."
Paul Byers, a Cincinnati, Ohio, attorney who unsuccessfully appealed Harris' sentence to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, was surprised to hear about the clemency Monday.
"It was a very sad case, that's for sure," Byers said. "I sure felt bad for he and his family."
Sentenced in 1993, Harris was convicted in 1992 after a federal trial in Flint. An earlier trial ended in a hung jury.
Bush is such a dud. He was probably told who he should pardon.