What Might Be the Motive?
Deborah Venable
02/09/07
I
have purposely avoided commenting on the imprisoned Border
Patrol Agents
story until now. Yes, it has been on my
mind, and I have been paying attention to certain aspects of it as it is almost
continually updated in the conservative news market. Follow the link above if you have no idea what I am talking
about.
I
have to ask the question, what might be the motive for sending these two agents
off to prison for such a seemingly crimeless action?
I’ve
tried to figure it out. By the way,
does anybody know what happened to all that weed the illegal alien/victim had
to abandon when he fled from those guys trying to arrest him? That was relatively small potatoes in the
whole scheme of things – with everything else that has been and is being
illegally smuggled over our southern border – but it probably figures in
somewhere, don’t you think?
You
see, I think maybe these two guys just happened to draw the short straws in the
latest attempt to throw the hounds off the scent of securing the border. The agency had to receive a warning of
sorts, and that was it. The president
also had to be sent a message too, and he got it loud and clear. I can’t imagine what is really on his mind
right now, but I must say that I do not respect his silence on the
subject.
The
whole story, on the surface, is totally unbelievable.
That
there has been a miscarriage of justice cannot be denied. And that the miscarriage of justice is based
on existing law and policy also seems quite clear. This case is two years old now, with updates unfolding all the
time. Was a conspiracy involved in
getting these two guys convicted? I
believe that is also undeniable. Are
they squeaky clean or typical dirty cops?
Neither scenario seems to fit.
Could they have kept themselves out of trouble? Probably, but the very fact that they did
not go to the extremes it would have taken to do so indicates that they are
more clean than dirty in the long run.
They could have immediately filed a report and gone public with their
side of what happened, including the admonishments from their superiors NOT to
make a big deal out of it. Instead,
they seemed to have clammed up and allowed themselves to be “thrown under the
bus” as one reporter put it. In all
fairness, though, Ramos and Compean probably thought this was just another day
in their lives as Border Patrol Agents.
If they did clam up, they probably did it knowing that fighting the
system would probably be futile and maybe even dangerous.
The
one thing I am NOT willing to believe is that these two agents are totally
dirty and set out to deliberately break laws or prey upon a “poor illegal
alien”. They both have young families
and good records, and they had absolutely nothing to gain from this incident.
Practically
everybody else involved DID have something to gain, however. The one with the most to gain is the
so-called victim, Aldrete-Davila. For
an illegal alien/drug smuggler, this guy has the world by the tail. Immunity from prosecution, help from people
in high places in our government, top quality medical care for his wound,
(which was not bad enough to impede his escape by the way), fame and glory in
his homeland for causing such a ruckus and making our border security look like
Misfits, Inc., and finally the potential for a big payoff of 5 million U.S.
taxpayer dollars for his trouble. I’d
call that motive, wouldn’t you?
This
whole story is dirty. It zigzags back
and forth across party lines politically and leaves smelly droppings all over
three branches of government, several federal offices, and the questionable
reporting in the press. No matter how
you slice it, obviously the United States Government is running scared and
continuing to duck responsibility for SECURING OUR BORDERS!
We,
the people, have been asked to either believe that justice has been served or
rise up and demand a presidential pardon for Ramos and Compean. Both those choices stink. Justice HAS NOT been served and the border
agents should not REQUIRE a pardon. You
see, pardons indicate forgiveness from guilt – a guilt, I might add, that Ramos
and Compean have continued to DENY.
So,
I ask you – what if they are truly innocent of the charges for which they have
been convicted and sent to prison?
They
don’t need a pardon – they need exoneration.
That would require a new trial or the whole case to be found fraudulent
and set aside. It would also require
some heads to roll – no Islamic terrorist pun intended.
It
is no wonder that many folks think the number one issue in this country today
is border security. It is also no
wonder that such a large conspiracy could have been cooked up to confuse the
public even more on that issue. What
might be the motive? Oh, I don’t know –
but while we’re all scratching our heads over it can we at least get everybody
who is vying for political power to weigh in on the issue and tell us why Ramos
and Compean are rotting in prison while Aldrete-Davila is suing the
government?
Another
question I would like answered is why Border Patrol Agents are not supposed to
pursue suspects who flee? Who wrote
that rule and why does it stand? That
is what this whole thing boils down to.
I wonder if that also includes folks like Osama bin Laden and his
ilk?
If
you want to read up on this case, I’m including some links here.
Border-agent
investigator had tie to smuggler
Author of DHS
border-agent report lied to Congress
2 Border
Patrol agents face 20 years in prison
Convicted Border Agent
Tells His Story
UPDATED
- Betrayed In the Line Of Duty
People Of
the Year: Ignatio Ramos and Jose Compean
Bonkers at the Border – A different take on the whole thing, but certainly points to just how convoluted this mess is!