LET THE GUILTY FREE

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
-Abraham Lincoln

Last week, among other news, I noted that the corruption "pay to play" charges against Governor Richardson had been dropped because of pressure from the Obama administration; the Associated Press recently carried a story which included these lines:

But the U.S. attorney says that doesn't exonerate the conduct of people involved.

U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt made the comments in a letter sent to defense lawyers, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.

Fouratt said a federal investigation "revealed pressure from the governor's office resulted in the corruption of the procurement process" in awarding state bond deal work to a Richardson political contributor.

Guilty, but not punished. That's getting to be a real pattern with the Obama administration. Here's one more example, in a different area. The story comes to us from AFP:

Two truck bombers who killed 95 people in devastating attacks on the Iraqi finance and foreign ministries were recently released from US custody, a senior interior ministry official said on Sunday.

"The suicide bomber who blew himself up at the ministry of foreign affairs was released three months ago from Camp Bucca," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity, referring to the US jail near Basra.

"The suicide bomber who blew himself up outside the ministry of finance was also released a few months ago from the same jail."

Under the Obama administration, more terrorists and terrorist suspects are being set free, and some of them are heading back out into the field to murder more people. Meanwhile, CIA agents who were not breaking the law, but were working hard to protect the American people as well as those around the world? They need to be prosecuted. Sure, the Investigator General found that the interrogation techniques worked. Sure the report proves Dick Cheney right and Nancy Pelosi a liar. But there's political hay to be made, and what matters is not justice, not truth, not honor, but power.

Funny thing, its the Republicans who are accused of using their power to enrich themselves and help their friends, but its the Democrats who are doing it.