http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070619-121814-2527r.htm
“Illegals light border fires to sidetrack U.S. agents”
By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
June 19, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “U.S. Border Patrol agents seeking to secure the nation’s border in some of the country’s most pristine national forests are being targeted by illegal aliens, who are using intentionally set fires to burn agents out of observation posts and patrol routes.
The wildfires have destroyed valuable natural and cultural resources in the National Forest System and pose an ongoing threat to visitors, residents and responding firefighters, according to federal law-enforcement authorities and others.”
UPDATE:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070618-115002-8358r.htm
“Border agent reinstated with back pay in retrial”
By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
June 19, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A former U.S. Border Patrol agent, whose conviction in federal court for using excessive force during the arrest of an illegal alien was overturned because of prosecutorial misconduct, has been ordered reinstated with full back pay.
The District-based Merit Systems Protection Board ordered that Agent David J. Sipe, 35, of Bethany, Okla., be returned to full duty following his acquittal on all charges during a court-ordered retrial in January.
The order, granting full back pay and interest to April 2001, was signed last week by Administrative Judge Anna M. Love. “