WaPo Reports DHS Will Keep Its Probe Secret on Drunk-Driving Illegal Alien Who Killed Nun
The Metro section of Wednesday's Washington Post is topped by this story on the right hand side: "The Obama administration will not release the results of an investigation into why an illegal immigrant with two drunken-driving convictions went almost two years without a deportation hearing before a crash that killed a nun, a senior official said."
But that story by reporter Shankar Vedantam is not on the home page at washingtonpost.com. In fact, it's given only a tiny headline on the home page of PostLocal, where the Metro stories are featured.
The inquiry is complete, but Homeland Security does not plan to make the results public, according to the senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the matter.
"It's a document that includes law enforcement sensitivities, so it will not be made public," the official said. He declined to discuss the nature of those sensitivities.
In response to questions about the investigation's conclusions, DHS spokesman Matt Chandler issued an e-mailed statement that said: "The Secretary's Office has received the review of the circumstances by which the individual was released in 2008 and are in the process of looking over the findings. Due to the ongoing criminal matter at hand, it would be inappropriate to comment further."
Told of the government's decision to withhold the investigation's results, Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, expressed outrage...
Stewart blamed ICE for the accident.
"They didn't deport this [expletive] that killed a nun, and he had been convicted of DUI twice," Stewart said. "It is their policy to not deport people unless they are convicted of serious crimes. They are going to say this is some bureaucratic snafu, but they are only deporting people who commit a violent act, and since they don't consider DUI a violent act, they are releasing them."
Carlos Martinelly-Montano, 23, who came into the country illegally from Bolivia as a child, is accused of killing Sister Denise Mosier and critically injuring two other Benedictine nuns who were driving north from Richmond on August 1 just a few miles from the Benedictine monastery in Bristow, Virginia.
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Say what?
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 8:02am.
"It's a document that includes law enforcement sensitivities, so it will not be made public,"
It's sensative because he was an illegal immigrant and a democratic voter...
Another reason to support Arizona's law and get them the hell outta this country.
Clinton ruined a dress, Obama ruined a nation!
DHS has been such
Submitted by johnsonl on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 8:16am.
an utter and total failure that they are ashamed to release their results. Disband it now and let those agencies go back to what they do best, without interference from DHS and Congress.
I'm pretty sure that by "law
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 8:28am.
I'm pretty sure that by "law enforcement sensitivities" they mean the politically-correct sensitivities that resulted in this
illegal immigrant with two drunken-driving convictions [going] almost two years without a deportation hearing
They are probably pretty sensitive about that coming to light....
And of course it's buried on the Metro page...it's just a little local story; no significance outside the Metro area.....
File a FOIA request
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 8:28am.
Unless this illegal alien was under investigation for another crime, there is absolutely nothing "Law Enforcement Sensitive" about DUI convictions and a manslaughter charge.
DHS wants to keep this off the headlines at least until after Election Day because it goes right to the heart of the illegal immigration issue. The utter failure of the Federal government to deport this individual not once, but twice after he had committed a crime is yet another example of the voluntary breakdown of the rule of law.
And let's not forget Nicki Diaz, the illegal who's attorney -- the insufferable Gloria Allred -- exposed her just a week or so ago. When asked several time about what ICE was going to do, Secretary Napolitano merely replied that they were going to look into it; she refused to even suggest that deportation was under consideration.
It's not first fatal DUI involving an illegal alien. A couple of years ago, two teenage girls in Virginia Beach were killed by an illegal alien DUI. Like the guy who killed the nun, this guy had prior convictions for reckless driving and DUI, and at the time of the fatal accident, his license had been suspended or revoked. But Virginia Beach is a self-declared 'sanctuary city,' and so when this guy was apprehended and charged previously, ICE was never informed (Not that it would do any good, as we see again). Two girls are dead because their governments deliberately opted not to protect them.
We don't need immigration reform. We need elected officials who will enforce the laws.
My Grandmother was killed by
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 9:07am.
My Grandmother was killed by a drunk illegal alien driver many years ago. What made matters worse is that the police officer at the scene was at the end of his shift and rather than do all the paperwork he let the driver go even though he reeked of beer and had several empty cans on the floorboard of his truck according to witnesses. He didn't even have valid insurance and it was discovered only later that his driver's license was a counterfeit. The P.O. didn't even run a criminal history check on him. Apparently he just wanted to get home ASAP. My Grandmother was alive and conscious at the scene but had to be cut out of her car. What no one knew at the time was that one of the arteries in her heart had a nick and she bled out by the time they got her to the hospital. When law enforcement went to arrest the guy he had already skipped town. So due to law enforcement incompetance, an illegal alien got away scot-free after killing someone. A very close friend of our family was working in the Sheriff's Department and wanted to find this city police officer and mete out some "personal justice" but his supervisor talked him out of it although couldn't fault him for wanting to. And the city police officer didn't even get a reprimand.
So I am a bit sensitive concerning illegals killing Americans as well as a bit sensitive about drunk drivers.
I remember that
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 10:06am.
whole accident. same scenario, same results.... death!
Really, I don't care if you're latino or not, drinking and driving is bad, but when the states and fed. govt. are not doing their jobs to get rid of these illegals, it makes matters worse.
Check out some of these across the country.
Helluva job, again there, Big Sis
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 8:32am.
Just rename it DHI - Department of Homeland Insecurity. That's what it is now.
This is beyond outrageous, and it's happening all over the country. Even in my crummy little local newspaper, if the police blotter has 15 stories, at least half of them typically involve drunk-driving or drugged-up illegals.
Driving a donkey cart while impaired is one thing - driving drunk in a motor vehicle (and usually an unsafe one at that) is one of THE worst violent crimes.
(Holy cow, I actually can read what I just typed in this box - because it's black!)
Initials are good
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 1:23pm.
Department of Homeland Incompetence.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
So much for transparency.
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 8:58am.
So much for transparency.
Janet Incompetano should simply issue a statement
Submitted by no tingly legs on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 9:18am.
regarding this matter which says "The system worked".
Case closed.
Get used to it
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 9:32am.
Get used to it America. illegals , Ameraphobics , white haters , radical / socialst activist, job killing unions and anyone else who , as this president does on a daily basis , denounces America and all she has stood for the past 230 years has a prominent seat at his table.
While we as a nation send our sons and daughters half way around the world to possibly die fighting these same people.......somehow they ( the enemy ) have infiltrated every aspect of our society , worst of all , the highest level of our Federal Government.
We must iradicate this cancer from our country before it has metasticized throughout the land......our very mortality depends on it..
Barack_Must_Go.....
Animal Farm
Submitted by GadsdenRattlers on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 9:38am.
All Animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.
Remember, remember the 2nd of November. Election Day is only the beginning.
Deporting criminal aliens
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 10:57am.
The current administration has been deporting illegal aliens involved in criminal activity in record numbers--even where the defendant is guilty of a Level Two offense as was (presumably) the circumstance with respect to this individual's DUI conviction in 2008. It's quite possible that ICE dropped the ball over a period of time spanning both the present and preceding administrations.
But our justice system and ICE procedures are imperfect--and of limited perfectability--and heart-wrenching tragedies like this one will happen as long as drunks can get behind the wheel of a car. However, the continued accelerated deportation efforts within the past couple of years should reduce the liklihood of a recurrence of horrific cases such as this.
Jer
Jer, to me it is very
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 1:49pm.
Jer, to me it is very simple. When we discover an illegal alien in the USA we immediatelt deport them. Deport them the same day if possible. For Mexicans we drop them deep into rural Mexico so they will have a hard time getting back. No trial or appeal is required. I dont care if they have spouses or children here, if they cant prove they are legal then deport.
All citizens should be able to prove who they are and all legal aliens should be able to prove who they are. If a legal resident does not provide proof of who they are then deport or hold them until they do. Im tired of these games and if the laws are changed then we go by the new laws, but until then we enforce the laws on teh books.
Well, Dan...
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 1:55pm.
Should we at least phone the school first and inform the principal Mom won't be picking up the kids?
Jer
Jer,
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 2:17pm.
If we had done what Dan suggest many years ago, your inquiry would not be necessary. But continuing to pretend there isnt a problem wont do much either.
I am for "mostly" voluntary deportation by penalizing those encouraging it. And in the interim developing a workers status program that effectively requires these folk to register and acquire legal status.
Nope.
Submitted by johnsonl on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 2:28pm.
They'll figure it out quick enough. The illegal alien community thrives on rumors and fear. If I were to start declaring that the deportations were starting tomorrow and sent DHS vehicles through the neighborhood, they would be streaming out of the area as soon as it got dark. Do that nationwide and the traffic jams exiting the southern border would be astronomical. The claims the "we can't deport 20 million people" are wrong. They'll self deport at the rate of 10,000 for every 10 that we round up. It worked in Kalifornia in post WWII and it will work now. Go on Univision and declare that any illegal caught would NEVER be allowed back in, ever. They'll leave.
Why would that be needed? We
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 3:30pm.
Why would that be needed? We will thet you do that if you wish. We must be hard and do what is required.
I am not sure why there is a
Submitted by jdhawk on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 10:53am.
I am not sure why there is a hue and cry about getting the illegal alien involved in this crime out of the country. What I am concerned about is why isn't he being tried for vehicular manslaughter and put in our jails for a very long time?
To send this criminal back to his country is to allow him to kill again there or worse, come back here after a time and kill again here .
I want someone like this off the planet's streets not just ours.
Also, I think that drunk driving laws in general are way to lenient. The measure of alchol in the blood ought to be .5 not .8 or 1.0 like in some states. The first offense of a DUI should mean suspension of your license for 3 years. They next offense should be 3 - 5 years in jail. Drunk while driving and kill someone should be second degree murder with special circumastances depending on the number of repeated DUI offenses. In other words, kill someone while driving drunk and expect to get a life sentence. The number of deaths that result multiple the number of life sentences.
Of course, the exception to the above is California. There you can be higher than a kite on weed and its no problem Drinking, too? In California it's OK so long as they are able to reduce that pesky state deficit with the taxing of the sale of weed - for strickly medicinal purposes.
The "hue and cry"...
Submitted by johnsonl on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 2:30pm.
...is about the fact that if he had been deported before he killed that nun, she would still be alive. Pretty simple. If we enforced our own laws, we would be safer.
It has to be kept secret............
Submitted by Patriot II on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 11:11am.
How else are the communist bastards going to toss the case out.....................?? Home land security...? I have one question to ask................."which homeland"???? dirty bastards!!!
Stop welfare and put Americans to work
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 11:21am.
If Americans had to work to feed their families instead of living on the welfare payments (WIC, food stamps, direct welfare, extended unemployment payments) extracted from the rest of us there would be no job Americans will not do -- most of the illegal aliens would have to go home but until that day many of us will pay other Americans not to work and pay in both money and our safety illegal aliens to do the work they could be doing. Pitiful and an insult to this country and our ancestors. Get off the dole parasites. Get off the dole and take a job as a dishwasher or a lawn maintenance laborer and regain some pride. I don't give a fig if the job is not as pretigious or high paying as the one you used to have -- it's honest work. Take it and show that you are as good as you tell everyone you are. You'll rise to the top if you are or are you scared of exposing yourself as a fraud. You make me sick with all your excuses and laziness. Enough!
It's time to think about doing away with the DHS entirely...
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 1:24pm.
...as it appears this is just yet another federal agency (as if we didn't have enough already) to park grossly incompetent bureaucratic fannies so they can build a big, bloated government pension. As it looks to me, their ineptitude is putting far more American lives in danger than it is actually protecting. -DaveVote for the American in November
DHS
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 2:10pm.
And about 500 other Fed agencies
Can anyone explain to me...
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 1:31pm.
Can anyone explain to me why the Department of Homeland Security is "investigating" something that is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice and/or ICE? Just who authorized the DHS to do this? Its clearly outside it's jurisdiction in this matter.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Hmmm...
Submitted by retrocon on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 2:05pm.
Wonder if we'll get the same no-show by ICE and DHS down here in Chandler Arizona?
This week, a man was decapitated, an illegal alien has been arrested for the murder. The illegal is not a drug dealer, he was a drunk day-laborer. I guess his sensibilities just led him to believe that if he killed and decapitated the guy, they'd blame it on the drug cartels. Of course, he probably didn't count on being so drunk that he went home and passed out with his bloody shoes and clothes still on him. And that's how they found him in the morning.
One of our local news websites described the killer as "an undocumented immigrant" employed for day labor.
I was confused just now, i went to google-news and did a search on "chandler arizona decapitation illegal" by itself, and followed by alien and immigrant, and got at most, three results, two of which had nothing to do with the AZ murder.
Then i searched "chandler arizona decapitation" and got lot's more hits, most mentioning "undocumented immigrant" or no status at all.
Hmmm.... skewing the discussion, ya think?
oops, sorry, everywhere you see killer or murderer, please put "alleged," thanks.
Another friggin' outrage from
Submitted by bigtimer on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 2:05pm.
Another friggin' outrage from this filthy Marxist administration...shocked, not at all, infuriated, you betcha!
Hope this goes viral, going to do what I can to help with that, you would think some shows on FOX would make this a major issue, talk-radio, along with the right side of the aisle, where are their voices, in unison, screeching about this loud and clear, this is also a great campaign issue to-boot.
I have never seen such a despicable administration in all my life...midterms can't get here soon enough, let alone '12.
What makes me sick with the O/Soros team is if they can't get something passed via congress they go around it one way or the other, via EO's or one of the Czars in some danged Dept that they use as useful tools.
Enemies within....all of them.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Rick Sanchez took..
Submitted by JC on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 11:07pm.
..his get lost slip pretty hard, huh? This makes two he has knocked off while DUI.
OOPPSS! Just crapped the "secret".