Speech #1100041426

They make mistakes on who to prosecute. That is one of the fundamental decisions they have to make. He was faced with a decision. either prosecute the drug dealer who had $1 million worth of drugs that he wassmuggling into our country. or prosecute the border patrol agents by turning their procedural mistakes into breaking the law. and thus. into felonies for supposedly covering up the breaking of the law. Our U.S. Attorney chose to give immunity to the drug smuggler who was. of course. smuggling $1 million worth of drugs into our country. but not to give immunity to the border patrol agents for procedural missteps. rJ 2145 That was his decision. He decided. our U.S. Attorney decided to back the drug smuggler and destroy the Border Patrol agents. and he knew exactly how that decision would affect the lives of Ramos and Compeon. Agents Ramos and Compeon should have been commended for their courageous service in stopping an illegal drug smuggler from bringing in over $1 million worth of drugs into our communities. If they had stopped a terrorist with a nuclear bomb. I am sure by now they would be national heroes. Instead. the President refuses to take a sober look at the facts of this case and issue pardons for these men. the pardons that justice demands and the American people are crying out for. and the Border Patrol. throughout this country. is looking at as a sign whether this President supports the job they are doing. But. of course. they wont issue any pardon. Even to let these men out on bond pending their appeal would require an admission that some loyal Bush appointee was wrong. Instead. the President continues to back his longtime buddy at the Justice Department. Johnny Sutton. even though the decision he made. instead of going after the drug dealer. to go after the Border Patrol agents and destroy their lives. was obviously a bad call. The President has ignored the rotten smell that is coming from this case. He has ignored the fact that the Department of Homeland Security operatives went to Congress and intentionally lied to Members of Congress on investigative subcommittees. claiming that Ramos and Compeon had joked about going out and shooting a Mexican the day they intercepted this drug dealer and the incident ensued.