Politics & Government - 11 February 2007

Two Border Patrol agents who testified against two co-workers convicted of shooting a drug smuggler will be fired for changing their stories about events surrounding the shooting, according to documents obtained by the Daily Bulletin. All three agents gave sworn testimony against Ramos and Compean for the U.S. Attorney's Office, which successfully prosecuted the shooting case in March. The agents were given immunity in exchange for their testimony despite changing their accounts of the incident several . Did Perjured testimony put the wrong men in prison?
What about Aldrette's cell phone being found in the van, yet Sutton said many times there was no evidence aganst him.Why are Civil rights activists are not concerned with the civil rights of anyone who tries to protect Americans?What about According to DHS Office of Inspector General investigation memos written less than a month after the shooting, all nine of the agents at the shooting scene, including two supervisors, , knew about the shooting and failed to report it.

However, a Homeland Security Report of Incident written in November and released earlier this week contends the nine agents were unaware of the shooting and were not responsible for reporting it.

2007-02-11 07:27:50 · 5 answers · asked by Zoe 3 in Immigration

2007-02-11 07:27:25 · 11 answers · asked by ? 6 in Government

Personally, I don't think we need it at all ~ we should have unlimited freedom in our action and speech in public!

Why do you think? Please don't come up with stupid answers unless you want to live in a life-threatening life... lol ~ just kidding! ;)

2007-02-11 07:25:02 · 21 answers · asked by PossumNight 3 in Civic Participation

For weeks, Chief Warrant Officer Jason DeFrenn's family awaited his homecoming, a trip planned as much more than a simple respite from his second tour in Iraq: The nine-year Army veteran was returning to South Carolina to help his wife give birth. Instead, his loved ones are making plans for the 34-year-old Army pilot's funeral.

DeFrenn's Apache helicopter was shot down on Feb. 2 — two weeks before he was supposed to be back in his native state. Wracked by grief, his wife went into labor early, giving birth to a boy just days after her husband's death. However, she stated for all to be happy because her husband died for the wonderful and just war in Iraq.

2007-02-11 07:23:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-02-11 07:23:10 · 3 answers · asked by butterflyspy 5 in Law Enforcement & Police

How does your country rank as a dictatorship?

Top 25 signs of a bad Dictatorship
Where does your country rank? Give a %.

1) Drives people from their homes
2) Citizens flee the country
3) Tests nuclear weapons
4) Practices Isolationism
5) Leadership trained by a family member
6) Highly centralized and paternalistic leadership
7) A council controls the decisions of the leadership
8) Suppresses freedom of expression
9) Homophobic tendencies
10) Torture
11) Forced labor
12) Detention of religious groups
13) Government corruption
14) Restricted Speech and Media
15) Forced religion through legislation
16) Blue laws used to incarcerate
17) Voter tampering
18) Closes small businesses through legislative means
19) Propaganda
20) Disappearance of people
21) Women's rights abuses
22) Ostracizing
23) Greater control of military and intelligence
24) Conducts Assassinations
25) Freezes financial holdings of companies and individuals
26) Controls the markets of commerce and labor

2007-02-11 07:22:30 · 7 answers · asked by patricia 2 in Government

2007-02-11 07:21:09 · 4 answers · asked by butterflyspy 5 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-02-11 07:20:28 · 6 answers · asked by Patty S 1 in Military

and you were president, how would you handle the situation?

2007-02-11 07:18:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-02-11 07:17:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-02-11 07:16:07 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

Non voters are either too idle to walk to the polling Station, or too lazy to take any interest in civil matters. Should they be compelled to perform their civic responsibilities?

(Note: abstainers, if they are genuine, would spoil their ballot paper, so that is is counted - but I suspect that most who claim that they don't agree with any of them are simply in the too idle category).

2007-02-11 07:15:51 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Is it true that the politicians who advise us on not driving SUVs and changing our life styles because of the global warming are flying in private planes that burn more fuel than you could drive an Hummer H1 for a full year? And that every time they fly in their private jets, it costs us, the tax payers, $300,000?

2007-02-11 07:15:34 · 10 answers · asked by JOE 4 in Law & Ethics

During WWII were jewish people allowed to practice their religion? and what happened to other religions over the world did they change?

2007-02-11 07:15:01 · 6 answers · asked by stefany 1 in Military

2007-02-11 07:14:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

why cant women join the seals. i mean we are just as good as men so why wont the gove let women be navy seals

2007-02-11 07:14:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

You’re not supporting the soldiers by that you are supporting the creation of an empire. If you oppose to the creation of an empire is not cutting your support for the soldiers is just the opposite. The Republicans may want to make you think that way because they are pro empire but a pre emptive attack base on fabricated information is historically an expansion of an empire.

2007-02-11 07:14:06 · 6 answers · asked by Jose R 6 in Other - Politics & Government

I was reading thise army reserve page about civilians that could have jobs with audio, and video equipment and that kinds of stuff, but it didn't get much into detail. What kinds of jobs could a civilian camera operator have in the military?

2007-02-11 07:13:44 · 6 answers · asked by Dan 5 in Military

2007-02-11 07:13:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

When my grandfather passed away He owned 25 acres of land . Since then his children have been paying the taxes , my father was one of the children but now my father has passed and I have been paying .The deed to the land remains in my grandfather's name.What should I do ?

2007-02-11 07:12:53 · 12 answers · asked by cuzn deb 3 in Law & Ethics

2007-02-11 07:12:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-02-11 07:12:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

and if we didn't, they would attack...

How would you handle the situation

(just a hypothetical, a very unlikely one too)

2007-02-11 07:11:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

my sister is in a coma in the hospital and she has 2 son with no licence to drive, I want to protect the car from being impounded so I took the car and now the 2 sons called the police and said they was looking for the car, I am not sure if he even called or just trying to scare me to get the car back to party. was I wrong for taking the car ???

2007-02-11 07:11:09 · 6 answers · asked by themaggie5 1 in Law & Ethics

I'm thinking wouldn't it still be Mr. President since all former presidents are called Mr. President and that is higher then lets say the first gentlemen or first man.
*Please no political statements.

2007-02-11 07:10:53 · 15 answers · asked by slickny8111 3 in Elections

Do they get offered counselling for some of the images they may have to look at or listening to harrowing details.What if they can't cope with it?

2007-02-11 07:10:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

HE SAID IF I GAVE HIM ANOTHER DIRTY LOOK HE WAS GONNA KICK MY @$$ YEA RIGHT. TRY IT MUTHERF^CKER AND ILL SUE YOU @$$ FOR EVRY F^CKIN THING YOU OWN AND THEN ILL TAKE PLESHUR IN GIVING YOU THE WORST @$$ WIPPING OF YOUR LIFE. MY QUESTION IS IS HE ALLOWED TO THRETEN ME LIKE THAT? DO I NEED F^CKIN WITNESSES TO SUE HIM?

2007-02-11 07:09:08 · 15 answers · asked by flint_eastsider 1 in Law & Ethics

If you could just present a list of as many cases as you know of in which evidence was excluded in either federal cases or state cases. For example, SoAndSo v. SoAndSo, thanks

2007-02-11 07:08:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

How has the Patriot Act influenced how information and records are retained and released to the public ?

2007-02-11 07:07:46 · 2 answers · asked by Bren 1 in Law & Ethics

10 feet of snow in New York - Better call Al " The sky is Falling " Gore and tell him to rethink -- possible ice age.

2007-02-11 07:07:04 · 7 answers · asked by Samuel L 1 in Government