[antimedia] antimedia: I swear our government has gone nuts....

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Posted by antimedia:
I swear our government has gone nuts....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1172110450.shtml


   ....either that or [1]this craziness is unexplainable.

     With mounting bipartisan criticism from Republican Congressmen and
     Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, the Department of Justice has
     stepped up an unprecedented public relations campaign to defend its
     prosecution of Border Guards Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, now
     serving 11- and 12-year prison terms. But new facts keep emerging
     to prove that this prosecution was a gross injustice.
     CNN judicial expert Jeffrey Toobin described it as "one of the most
     unusual prosecutions I've ever seen ... I am baffled why this case
     was brought." So am I.
     The government prosecuted Ramos and Compean criminally for acts
     that called only for an administrative reprimand, based the case on
     the testimony of an admitted drug smuggler brought back from Mexico
     and induced to testify by a grant of immunity, withheld crucial
     evidence from the jury, used the wrong law (that carries a
     mandatory additional 10-year sentence), and now won't release the
     transcript of the trial without which the border guards cannot
     appeal.
     The smuggler's reward for his testimony was immunity, U.S. medical
     treatment, and a government-issued border pass.
     Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) now admits
     that its official lied to Congressmen in claiming that Ramos and
     Compean had confessed, lied, destroyed evidence, and said they did
     not believe the smuggler was a threat. No evidence ever existed for
     those damaging accusations.
     The government denied their freedom pending appeal and put Ramos in
     a prison where five criminal illegal aliens took their opportunity
     to severely beat him up and kick him with their steel-tipped shoes.
     No prison guards defended him from this attack.

   I don't know what to make of this. Is it political correctness gone
   mad? Sheer stupidity?
   And where is the administration? Why aren't they all over this? (Hat
   tip to reader Del.)

References

   1. http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2007/feb07/07-02-21.html