How bad is it? In preparation for the Ramos and Compean hearing. we made request after request. countless phone calls and even a FOIA lawsuit by the watchdog group. Judicial Watch. and the Administration still refused to release copies of the border crossing cards issued to the drug smuggler in this case. claiming the smuggler is protected under the "Privacy Act." I was instructed by the Justice Department to obtain a privacy waiver in order for that information to be released. A privacy waiver from an illegal alien criminal? This absurd contention is just another example of a condescending and dismissive attitude. Such obstructionism. however. is the rule. not the exception with this Administration. By the way. due only to a bureaucratic fluke we finally obtained those border crossing cards. Our repeated requests for documents were taken so nonchalantly that I actually received an official response letter from the Department of Justice. dated March 16. 2007. addressed to "Congresswoman ROHRABACHER." That was just one of several insulting form letters sent in response to Member letters regarding the Ramos and Compean case. Plea after plea from Members of Congress. for the President to intervene on behalf of Ramos and Compean by either pardoning or commuting their sentences. have been ignored.
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