Brian Terry
Jerry Seper, writing in the Washington Times, brings up an important question in the case of murdered Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. The indictment against one of the Mexicans who killed Terry (he was wounded and captured) has been sealed by the Federal District Court in the Southern District of California in San Diego, which (supposedly) is prosecuting the case. Terry, as we know, was killed by two weapons involved in the ATF's Fast and Furious operation. Prior to sealing, the indictment indicated that the killers were part of an organized group that was seeking to hunt down and kill Border patrol agents. The question is also being asked whether agents were firing bean-bag rounds at the suspects, and if so, why?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/22/armed-illegals-stalked-border-patrol/?page=1
Several points stick out here aside from the obvious outrages of the Fast and Furious scandal and its on-going cover-up by the Department of Justice and others. Why is this indictment sealed? What are they trying to keep from becoming public knowledge? Is our government trying to conceal from the public just out-of-control our border with Mexico is? Are they trying to cover up the fact that they are sending BP agents into these areas armed with bean-bag firing shotguns instead of the lethal force that they know the traffickers possess? Just what kind of government negligence and malfeasance are we dealing with here?
If all this is true, what he have here is a case of a government that refuses to effectively secure our borders and compounds it by sending in Border Patrol agents to deal with well-armed, organized killers and fight them with beanbags-only to be killed by weapons furnished to the traffickers courtesy of Operation Fast and Furious!
Don't Border Patrol head Alan Bersin and DHS head Janet Napolitano have a duty to explain to the family of Brian Terry how this could happen? Forget about the dishonest and corrupt Eric Holder. He is busy denying his own responsibility and need to apologize to the Terry family.
Where the Hell is the outrage?
1 comment:
The Outrage of Gary Fouse is seldom shared by any sizeable number of his fellow citizens, because when outraged he makes particularly little sense.
Indictments, and other court records, are generally sealed to prevent threats to a fair trial. Sometimes, that is to preserve the defendant's right to a fair trial, but in this case, it is quite possibly for the purpose of protecting the safety of witnesses. After all, if the defendant was part of a conspiracy to kill border patrol agents, might his unindicted co-conspirators not attempt to kill witnesses, or their families?
If the indictment is unsealed, and some witnesses are gunned down, will Fousesquawk express outrage. Probably yes, Gary has that kind of integrity, but will he admit that his knee-jerk reflex demand that the indictment be unsealed was most unwise meddling?
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