Fox News Network is tagging the situation Lust in Space! Really, and they want to be taken seriously for serious reporting. They just lost viewers for their morning and afternoon coverage, ok, except for the weather (and debates on global warming).
We'll have to see if John Gibson and Bill O'Reilly allow Lust in Space to remain the headliner on their programs. It's expected Hannity and Colmes will pack their program tonight with psychoanalists and the like who will pick apart every detail from every angle of the woman's life.
CNN reporting throughout the day the accused astronaut is to receive medical and psych evaluation today. NASA Love Scandal. Really, who cares. She'll likely get the evaluations at taxpayers' expense, go into rehab at taxpayers's expense, and then be taken back into the exclusive fold. She'll then take a sabbatical and write her book.
How'd the government miss a whacko given all the rigorous testing of their mental capabilities?
Meanwhile, what are the networks missing?
Homeland security's role in the case of the border agents Ramos and Compean - that's what they're ignoring. Details of their refusal initially to provide legislators with documentation are just coming to light.
President Bush has indicated he will not pardon the border agents, he's still reviewing the "government's case" against them.
that takes time, there's a process...
It's no wonder the Homeland Security Department Agency didn't want to release documents in the case of the prosecution of the two men.
Now that they have, they are shown to be nothing more than liars.
John Gibson gives some attention to the border patrol agents and asks Judge Napolitano about the case. The Judge says they were right to be prosecuted since they shot a man running away in the back.
Gibson failed to set the record straight, guess he just didn't know and doesn't read World Net Daily or Net the Truth Online, nor did he bother to have anybody on who was familiar with the entirety of the case at this time.
Meanwhile Lou Dobbs Tonight is coverning the matter in depth, and heatedly.
Dobbs says the men were prosecuted before the end of the investigation. Casey Wian reports. Culberson is interviewed!
Get the transcript...
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/ldt.html
Aired February 7, 2007 - 18:00 ET
Also tonight, the Department of Homeland Security now admits it lied in the case of two U.S. Border Patrol agents sent to prison for doing their jobs. One of those agents severely beaten in prison. Leading members of Congress are furious.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/07/ldt.01.html
Thanks Lou..
Dobbs Poll for the night results in a first time ever agreement of 100 percent that the Department of Homeland Security should be held accountable for lying about Ramos and Compean (border patrol agents)
Glenn Beck
Government Lies about Border Agent Shooting; Author Fears for Life from Islamic Extremists Aired February 7, 2007
GLENN BECK, HOST: I am sorry to report, but our government has been lying to us about the border. Wait until you hear the new details...
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/07/gb.01.html
Process...
Justice reviewing border agents' transcripts
Snow says that's one step in process of evaluating pardon eligibility
The White House says that there are procedures to follow in considering any request or suggestion for a presidential pardon, and that's what is going on right now in the case involving Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, two U.S. Border Patrol agents sentenced to prison for shooting at a fleeing drug smuggler.
The comments came in response to questions from Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House, about the case following a beating Ramos suffered allegedly at the hands of illegal aliens being held in the same prison where he is.
"The Fort Worth Star Telegraph quotes President Bush of Fox TV network as saying that he is bound by strict federal guidelines on pardons, and cannot immediately grant a pardon to Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean because, quote, 'there is a series of steps that are analyzed in order for the Justice Department to make a recommendation as to whether or not a president grants a pardon,'" Kinsolving said...
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54127
Government admits lying about jailed border agents
Inspector confronted on Capitol Hill, says promised 'proof' does not exist
Posted: February 6, 2007
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
A Department of Homeland Security official admitted today the agency misled Congress when it contended it possessed investigative reports proving Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean confessed guilt and declared they "wanted to shoot some Mexicans" prior to the incident that led to their imprisonment.
The admission came during the testimony of DHS Inspector General Richard L. Skinner before the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, according to Michael Green, press secretary for Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas.
Culberson was questioning Skinner about a meeting DHS officials had Sept. 26 with him and three other Republican congressman from Texas, Reps. Ted Poe, Michael McCaul and Kenny Marchant.
WND previously reported that at that meeting the DHS Inspector General's office asserted it had documentary evidence Ramos and Compean:
confessed to knowingly shooting at an unarmed suspect;
stated during the interrogation they did not believe the suspect was a threat to them at the time of the shooting;
stated that day they "wanted to shoot a Mexican";
were belligerent to investigators;
destroyed evidence and lied to investigators.
Under questioning by Culberson, Skinner admitted DHS did not in fact have investigative reports to back up the claims: "The person who told you that misinformed you," Skinner reportedly replied.
This prompted a startled and angry response from Culberson, who charged Skinner's office with lying to the Texas congressmen and painting Ramos and Compean as dirty cops.
Ramos and Compean began prison sentences last month after their actions in the shooting of a drug smuggler who was granted immunity to testify against them.
Responding to Skinner's testimony yesterday, Poe said it "explains why DHS has been stonewalling Congress."
"DHS didn't turn over the reports to us to back up their September 26 accusations for one simple reason – the reports never existed," the Texas congressman said.
"Why did it take DHS four months to admit their error?" he asked. "I wonder how much more has DHS told the public and Congress about Ramos and Compean that simply isn't true?"
Poe said he's determined to get to the bottom of DHS's claim.
"I expect this new revelation will lead to a lot more questions before we're done," he said.
Andy Ramirez, who has been involved with the case as chairman of Friends of the Border Patrol, told WND the DHS's actions "represent obstruction of justice, and they should be held in contempt of Congress, and, if possible, prosecuted to the full extent of the law."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54132
Congress gets reports on jailed border patrol agents
By Sara A. Carter, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 02/01/2007 12:00:00 AM PST
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After five months of delays, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General delivered the documents pertaining to the case of former Border Patrol agents Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, who were convicted last March of the nonfatal shooting of a Mexican drug smuggler.
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said last week that Homeland Security Inspector General Richard Skinner refused to deliver what he had promised House members since September.
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_5132071
Officials urged to resign for lie about border agents
Congressman calls for ouster of DHS deputies after IG admits agency gave false information
Posted: February 7, 2007
A Republican congressman is calling for the resignation of Department of Homeland Security officials who he says lied about the case of two Border Patrol agents imprisoned for their actions in the shooting of a drug smuggler.
As WND reported, at a congressional hearing yesterday, Rep. John Culberson of Texas confronted DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner about his agency's claim it had documentary proof of the guilt of former agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.
"Richard Skinner admitted yesterday under oath that his top deputies gave members of Congress false information painting Border Patrol agents as rogue cops who were not in fear for their lives and who were 'out to shoot Mexicans,'" Culberson said in a statement.
Culberson said he believes false information was given to congressmen to "throw us off the scent and cover up what appears to be an unjust criminal prosecution of two U.S. law enforcement officers whose job was protecting our country's borders from criminals and terrorists."
The admission came during Skinner's testimony before the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. Culberson was asking questions about a meeting DHS officials had Sept. 26 with him and three other Republican congressman from Texas, Reps. Ted Poe, Michael McCaul and Kenny Marchant.
WND previously reported that at that meeting Skinner's office asserted it had documentary evidence Ramos and Compean:
confessed to knowingly shooting at an unarmed suspect;
stated during the interrogation they did not believe the suspect was a threat to them at the time of the shooting;
stated that day they "wanted to shoot a Mexican";
were belligerent to investigators;
destroyed evidence and lied to investigators.
Ramos and Compean began prison sentences last month of 11 and 12 years respectively.
Yesterday, under questioning by Culberson, Skinner admitted DHS did not in fact have investigative reports to back up its claims.
"The person who told you that misinformed you," Skinner reportedly replied.
This prompted a startled and angry response from Culberson, who charged Skinner's office with lying to the Texas congressmen and painting Ramos and Compean as dirty cops.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54142
Memo casts doubt on agency's assertions
Homeland Security won't release papers on border agents' case
By Sara A. Carter, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 01/29/2007 12:00:00 AM PST
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_5108915
Jan. 19, 2007, 12:24PM
Legislators want report on ex-agents
Its release could clear doubts about border shooting case, some say
By MICHELLE MITTELSTADT
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4481939.html
Another view
Report: Agents in Border Shooting Lied
Feb 7, 9:27 PM (ET)
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL and SUZANNE GAMBOA
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A federal report released Wednesday on the shooting of a suspected drug smuggler by Border Patrol agents concurs with prosecutors that the men failed to report the shooting, destroyed evidence and lied to investigators.
Some members of Congress have criticized the case against Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, who were fired after their obstruction of justice convictions and have each been sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison.
Congressional critics, who say the men were doing their jobs when they injured Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila in 2005 near El Paso, had sought the release of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security report.
The report "has just emboldened our position because there is nothing in there that indicates these agents were not justified in shooting this individual," said Tara Setmayer, a spokeswoman for Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif. "This finally sheds some light on what these agents were thinking."
She pointed to a written statement by Compean in which she said reflects that he "clearly believed the drug smuggler had a weapon and feared for his life."
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., agreed Wednesday to allow Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to hold a hearing on the case, as she requested.
"I strongly believe that the sentences in this case are too extreme, given the criminal nature of the defendant and his possession of large quantities of drugs," Feinstein said in a statement. "These men were given sentences that some individuals who are convicted of murder wouldn't receive."
The heavily redacted, 77-page report, drafted last year, offers few new details. It primarily outlines what Aldrete said happened on Feb. 17, 2005, as he tried to run from Border Patrol agents after trying to elude them in a van loaded with marijuana.
According to the report, Aldrete, who was given immunity and has filed a multimillion-dollar claim against the federal government, told investigators he was unarmed and was shot as he ran from Compean and other agents. He said he tried to surrender and ran again after Compean slipped while trying to hit him with the butt of a shotgun.
The report also notes that other agents on the scene that day could not confirm whether Aldrete was armed and initially lied about whether they were aware of the shooting. They later cooperated with authorities. Those agents, whose names were removed from the report, were not prosecuted.
In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Rep. John Culberson, a Texas Democrat, said Ramos and Compean "may not have followed proper procedure following the shooting, which at most should have resulted in their suspension from the force, but not criminal procedure."
A spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, whose office prosecuted the case and who has been widely criticized for pursing the agents and not the drug dealer shot, declined to comment...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070208/D8N58LF00.html
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