It's a good PR move internationally for him to ask. It helps our diplomats with US citizens accused of crimes overseas.
It also will help him if Perry manages to enter for and win the GOP Presidential nomination.
Maybe Obama was trying to pull a judicial deflection because of this one also involving Mexico in a way.
July 06, 2011
ATF Director Says Holder Obstructing 'Fast and Furious' Probe
The Justice Department is obstructing the congressional investigation of a U.S. law enforcement operation intended to crack down on major weapons traffickers on the Southwest border, according to the embattled leader of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Ken Melson, the acting director of the ATF, lobbed the accusation when he sneaked in for an interview with congressional investigators on July 4, two days ahead of his scheduled interview with the inspector general about the operation known as "Fast and Furious," Fox News has learned.
"If his account is accurate, then ATF leadership appears to have been effectively muzzled while the DOJ sent over false denials and buried its head in the sand," Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said in a letter Tuesday to Attorney General Eric Holder. "That approach distorted the truth and obstructed our investigation."
The Justice Department is reportedly looking to oust Melson, who has been acting ATF director since April 2009, as the agency deals with its biggest scandal in nearly two decades. Andrew Traver, who was tapped in November by President Obama to become the permanent ATF director, could be named as acting director until the Senate acts on his nomination, sources have said.
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http://nation.foxnews.com/eric-holde...-furious-probe
No.
And by the way: Ding Dong the F***er is Dead!
Oh my, the UN is upset that Texas went ahead with the execution....
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americ...html?hpt=hp_t1
I suspect they have less concern about the 16 year old victim and her family. I would guess rape and murder violate some kind of international law.
I've investigated a number of criminal cases where the suspect was in the country illegally and we did notify him of his right to contact the consulate. In not a single case did Mexico do anything to assist the suspect in defending his rights. The local court provided a public defender just like any other case.
The idea that contacting the Mexican consulate would have aided in his defense against overwhelming evidence is ludricous. It's just another ploy to fight the death penalty. Thousands of Mexicans in the U.S. illegally are arrested each year, many for murder. Is the Mexican government going to pay for their defense? I don't know of a single case where that's happened.