J.J.: I made a brief riposte to Andy’s piece on the Border Patrol agents here.

Spin it as you like, the fact remains that law enforcement agents who ought to be given the benefit of every doubt, are serving tremendous jail sentences mainly on the testimony of a professional drug smuggler with (a) a large personal financial interest in the case, and (b) no regard for the laws of the USA.

AND this was done by the Justice Department of an administration which has no credibility at all on immigration enforcement issues and is in major political trouble with millions of Americans on that account. As I pointed out, even aside from the legal issues, this is moon-booted politics.

AND one reason the rumor mills keep on turning is that, two years after the case, the court transcripts are still not available for scrutiny. Did the federal prosecutor really tell the jury that Compean and Ramos had “turned their backs on their own people”? I don’t know. Do you? Does Andy? How?