Results 1 to 2 of 2

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

  1. #1
    Senior Member concernedmother's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    California
    Posts
    955

    US Atty's office disputes report on smuggling prosecutions

    http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...secutions.html

    San Diego U.S. attorney disputes report on smuggling prosecutions

    By Elliot Spagat
    ASSOCIATED PRESS

    1:00 a.m. May 23, 2006

    SAN DIEGO – The U.S. attorney here disputed a document that stated Border Patrol agents were demoralized by a lack of prosecutions of suspected immigrant smugglers, saying the language reflected an individual's opinions and was not approved for release by Border Patrol management.
    The document, released to The Associated Press last week by the office of Rep. Darrell Issa, offered a stark assessment of the Border Patrol station in El Cajon, which is responsible for guarding 13 miles of mountainous border east of San Diego.

    The document said that government lawyers prosecuted only 6 percent of 289 suspected immigrant smugglers for that offense in the year ending September 2004. That led to low morale among the station's agents, it said.

    A statement released Monday by U.S. Attorney Carol Lam did not directly dispute those numbers but said the internal document had been “substantially altered and passed off as an official report.”

    Lam's brief statement did not make clear what she asserted had been altered, and U.S. attorney spokeswoman Debra Hartman said no one was available to elaborate Monday night.

    The statement did say the report contained “editorial comments inserted by an unidentified individual, and they were not approved by or ever seen by Border Patrol management.”

    Border Patrol spokesman Richard Kite declined comment late Monday.

    The office of Issa, R-Vista, said Monday night it stood by the document's findings, which were supported in interviews AP conducted with the head of the union representing Border Patrol agents.

    “We trust the source that provided it,” said Issa spokesman Frederick Hill. He declined to reveal that source.
    <div>"True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else."
    - Clarence Darrow</div>

  2. #2
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    California
    Posts
    1,247

    approval or not...

    Who cares if it was approved or not...it was probably true to reality. How could any Border Patrol agent have any kind of positive morale in a situation like we have today......

    These people are just trying to cover their asses. They don't even dispute the numbers...

    Call a spade a spade

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •