[SirJohnBarleycorn]

Who are they and what is their agenda?

From the Honolulu Advertiser article, it appears that Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Johnson is the one pushing hard for "no bail."

The AUSA position tends to attract ambitious, zealous types and Johnson is either unable or more likely unwilling, for his own perceived career advantage, to make distinctions in these types of cases. However, I'll bet he will prove to have been politically tone-deaf on this one.

[pepperdog]

I will wager he is an arrogant little Federale! He will enjoy and revel in his 10 minutes of fame, and be ever so hurt that he's not viewed as a great American hero for pursuing a guy accused of a misdemeanor for the MEXICAN government.

A MISDEMEANOR for heavens sake! I hope none of us have unpaid parking tickets in Mexico, it'll be off with our heads. Oh, wait, that's the Moslems, it'll be off with our pocketbooks..that's Mexico.