Posted on 02/13/2007 2:55:41 PM PST by calcowgirl
White House spokesman Tony Snow says he wants "cooler heads" to prevail and "facts" to be presented in the flaring dispute over the sentences imposed on two former U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Snow was responding to a question from WND correspondent Les Kinsolving at the daily White House press briefing yesterday.
Kinsolving asked: "Sen. (Dianne) Feinstein has been authorized by Judiciary Committee Chairman (Patrick) Leahy to lead a Senate investigation of the case of former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Ignacio Ramos, who was assaulted by four other inmates in the federal prison in Yazoo City, Miss., about which Sen. Feinstein said this – and this is a quote – 'I urge the committee to look into why these agents are not being protected in the federal prison system. It is not hard to predict that two federal agents would be targeted in a prison population.'
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"You know, this is a time when cooler heads ought to prevail and facts ought to be presented," Snow replied. "Therefore, we're perfectly happy with anything that will reveal the facts of this case. I think there are efforts ongoing and may yield fruit quite soon to get the full transcripts of the trial of agents Campion and Ramos out before the public, every syllable. You and your guys can read them. You know, obviously, we're concerned about the safety of anybody in the prison system."
The two agents were charged, tried and convicted of shooting a fleeing drug smuggler in the buttocks. They were given sentences of 11 and 12 years in jail, while federal prosecutors granted the drug smuggler immunity to return to the United States and testify against the law enforcement officers. The circumstances of the case have outraged many concerned over the problems of illegal immigration and running drugs from Mexico into the United States. Dozens of members of Congress as well as several activist groups have called for the officers to be pardoned.
The White House so far has rejected those demands.
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Just damn. I thought this would be an article on Jeffrey Dahmer.
cooler heads?
with Global Warming effects escalating so rapidly?
OOop sorry, wrong thread.. or is it?
All transcripts were filed with the court last Friday, Tony. Glad to see you're in the know! /s
You and your guys can read them. You know, obviously, we're concerned about the safety of anybody in the prison system."
If they are concerned about their safety, they would move them to ClubFed, NOW!
Ping!
I hadn't heard that, and the talk shows I've listened to today didn't seem to know it either. Where did you hear that it had happened? I sure want to see them, since there are a whole lot of questions I have about the way the defense was conducted.
What are you saying here? That Tony Snow is responsible for releasing the transcript(s)?
In summation, the Judge said he had a close "source" at the White House (not Tony Snow) who said Bush has reviewed the case and the "source" is fairly confident Bush is NOT going to pardon them.
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How long did it take for the transcrpts to finally show up Friday, its been well over a year and only now that the horrendous Injustice becomes visible. FREE THEM NOW PENDING A NEW TRIAL!!
Gonzales and his running dog lackeys are going to have to come clean with the American people on this sort of thing ~ maybe give us a prosecution of a junior attorney or two in Sutton's office.
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Well open up your Imagination a little! Imagine what the Administrations of Kerry, or Clintons, Gore and Ears would be doing??
I'll just bet ol' Tony does.
Of course Tony's speaking from a nice warm office w/ all the amenities, surrounded by civility.
He wants to be taken seriously though, say it from a jail cell in a Federal prison & watch what happens.
Voila'!!
...Speedy Gonzales.
I checked the court docket via Pacer. 20 transcripts, covering the period of the trial and pre and post trial matters, were filed on Friday and entered into record yesterday.
The El Paso Times has mentioned it:
http://www.dailynews.com/bridgetjohnson/ci_5214463
"Imagine what the Administrations of Kerry, or Clintons, Gore and Ears would be doing??"
The exact same thing? None of them would pardon Ramos and Compean, and Bush is doing the same despite 81 house republicans asking him to pardon. Democrats, of course, are too treasonous to sign Hunter's pardon letter.
Nope... I'm saying a whole weekend later that he doesn't even know they were filed which shows me that he's not exactly following the progress of the issue.
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