Thread: US Atty General on Ramos/Compean case

From LOU DOBBS Friday March 2--

PILGRIM: U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales today defended the prosecution of former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. Incredibly, Gonzales claims the agents had the opportunity to present the facts of their case to a jury. But as Casey Wian reports, the jury never heard all of those facts.

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CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says he supports the Border Patrol.

ALBERTO GONZALES, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: Let me just say, border agents, they do a tremendous job for the American people. Securing our borders under very difficult circumstances, and they should be applauded.

WIAN: But apparently not these Border Patrol agents. Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean were prosecuted by the Justice Department for shooting and wounding Oscar Aldrete-Davila, an illegal alien Mexican drug smuggler. Aldrete-Davila was given immunity by a Gonzales subordinate, Texas U.S. attorney Johnny Sutton, to testify against the agents.

GONZALES: I have a great deal of confidence in the federal prosecutor to handle this case, Johnny Sutton, who worked with Governor Bush back in our days in Texas.

WIAN: Congressman Ted Poe is a former Texan judge.

REP. TED POE (R), TEXAS: It's always a truism at the courthouse, when the prosecution makes deals with criminals, their testimony is suspect.

WIAN: Sutton's prosecutors prevented the jury from hearing evidence that Aldrete-Davila had a history of drug smuggling, evidence that could have damaged the credibility of the prosecution's key witness against the agents.

REP. DANA ROHRABACHER (R), CALIFORNIA: Sutton chose to disregard the information, despite the evidence provided by the DEA. Sutton's continuous attempts to paint a benign picture of the drug smuggler is not only disingenuous, but it amounts to misleading the jury and the public.

GONZALES: There's a lot out there, a lot of misinformation out there about what happened in this particular case, but the agents had the opportunity to present the facts to a jury in Texas, and the jury concluded that, in fact, these two agents broke the law. And people in law enforcement who break the law should be held accountable. No question about it. And that's what's happening here.

WIAN: Gonzales refused to take follow-up questions on why his prosecutors kept key information from the jury, including the Aldrete- Davila's drug-smuggling history, escalating violence on the Mexican border, and other evidence that could have helped exonerate agents Ramos and Compean.

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WIAN: Congressman Duncan Hunter's bill to pardon the agents now has 90 co-sponsors, including four Democrats. The latest Democrat to sign on this week is Lincoln Davis of Tennessee -- Kitty.

PILGRIM: So that effort is gaining momentum, Casey?

WIAN: It absolutely is gaining momentum. There's a lot more pressure from many members of Congress to hold hearings, to investigate the many questions in this case.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, on the Senate side of California, another Democrat, wants to hold hearings on this case. We don't have a date yet, but her office says those hearings will come.

hey alberto, your stupid a$$.... fair trial huh?

1 the judge deems the violence at the border as being alleged.
2 the judge, prosecutor and defense know about the second drug bust yet the jury doesnt know.
3 The doper broke immunity by bringing in a second load.
4 the jury comes forward and three complain with signed affadavits that they were pressured and lied to in order to reach a verdict because the foreman says he was told by the judge that they could not leave without a verdict.
5 the prosecutor keeps DEA and FBI agents from testifying in regard to second bust
6 the doper changes his story on the stand three times.
7 the doper admits six days before immunity is given that he was bringing in dope.
8 the doper's family admit that he would not haul dope without a gun.
9 the family also admits he had been doing it since he was 14.
10 the defense even knew the stash house in Clint, yet that couldnt be talked about in the trial though the judge prosecutor and defense know about it
11. DGS OIG Sanchez takes possession of the bullet fragment and takes it home over night before turning it over for tests.
12 Same person also takes Davila home with him the same night.
13 The DHS people have admitted lying to the congress in regards tostatements saying they had signed confessions that the two agents wanted to shoot meicans" that day.
14 your US attorney should have investigated the doper. the drug cartel and the BP agent in wilcox Az for possible ties to that same cartel

15 Gonzalez, the american people are not stupid either, we know about the letters from the Mexican consulates demanding prosecution for these two and sheriff deputy hernandez. we are not born yesterday

YEAH ALBERTO, Thats really fair.
what a pathetic piece of crap we have for an atty general

GONZALES: There's a lot out there, a lot of misinformation out there about what happened in this particular case, but the agents had the opportunity to present the facts to a jury in Texas, and the jury concluded that, in fact, these two agents broke the law. And people in law enforcement who break the law should be held accountable. No question about it. And that's what's happening here.

Whats happening here is lies,deception, corruption and Big time injustice and YOU want us to ignore it!

Well, WE ARE MAD AS HELL AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!

You, Mr Gonzales forget that we have eyes and ears, we are not blind sheep waiting to be led to slaughter.!

GONZALES: I have a great deal of confidence in the federal prosecutor to handle this case, Johnny Sutton, who worked with Governor Bush back in our days in Texas.

THE THREE AMIGOS!

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SUTTON, BUSH, AND GONZALES

oh well, I had a picture, but it wont work.

Yes, he has great deal of confidence that Sutton will HANDLE the case the way he and the other Amigos want it done!

I heard Gonzales spew his garbage and made me sick.
Investigations are going to happen and I so hope him, Sutton and Bush are loosing some sleep over it. And yet I won't hold my breath waiting for investigations either but I can hope.

Jean wrote:

I heard Gonzales spew his garbage and made me sick.
Investigations are going to happen and I so hope him, Sutton and Bush are loosing some sleep over it. And yet I won't hold my breath waiting for investigations either but I can hope.

I believe if we keep the heat on they will have to contine looking into this injustice ,no matter how bad Bush and his gang want us and it to just go away!

GONZALES: I have a great deal of confidence in the federal prosecutor to handle this case, Johnny Sutton, who worked with Governor Bush back in our days in Texas.

Hmmm............the picture is now beginning to become very clear.

And any of you still think there's a snowballs chance that Bush will offer any kind of pardon or amnisty to these former Border Patrol Agents????

Originally Posted by mapwife

And any of you still think there's a snowballs chance that Bush will offer any kind of pardon or amnisty to these former Border Patrol Agents????

Nope! He's a stubborn-lives-in-a-bubble-heck-with-what-people-think prez! What Mexico thinks is high priority to him.