'No Drug Smuggler Left Behind!' by Ann Coulter - HUMAN EVENTS

I do not often quote Ann Coulter. I love her sarcasm, but she does have a habit of grating on my nerves in spots. This article is on the mark, however. Actually, her whole series about the illegal immigrants is on the mark, though not what I usually cover on this blog. Her facts and quotes are mixed wonderfully with her snide asides in this.

I think this US Attorney needs to be tried for his ties to the drug smugglers! The fact that the Border Patrol is so strictly controlled is amazing to me. They can not pursue the bad guys? How do they catch anyone?? Turn these guys loose and see if anyone gets accross the border! This attitude is disgusting.

'No Drug Smuggler Left Behind!' by Ann Coulter - HUMAN EVENTS: "Bush's pal, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, gave immunity to a Mexican drug dealer hauling a million dollars worth of drugs across the border so that the drug dealer could testify against two Border Patrol agents who shot him in the buttocks.

The border patrol agents were presumed guilty of an unlawful shooting because they neglected to fill out the proper paperwork. For busting a cap in the butt of a drug courier crossing the border illegally -- who was so mortally wounded that he proceeded to scamper back to Mexico -- they were supposed to spend five hours filling out paperwork. This is what the Bush administration means when it talks about a 'cover-up.' As U.S. prosecutor Debra Kanof said, 'You have to report any discharge of a firearm.'

Intriguingly, Kanof also says: 'The Border Patrol pursuit policy prohibits the pursuit of someone.' (Hence, the oft-heard warning of the border agent in hot pursuit, 'Stop or I'll ... do absolutely nothing!') Can we apply this rule to meter maids and tax collectors? At least now border agents will be able to watch the illegal aliens they can't pursue on infrared cameras!

But wait -- that's not all! The Border Patrol agents also exceeded the speed limit. 'In order to exceed the speed limit,' Kanof said, 'you have to get supervisor approval, and they did not.' "