Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to quote from a publication. Days after working at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, a U.S. Navy veteran found himself behind bars--where he could remain for a decade--for alleged passport fraud. I had to read that article--from CNN's Web site--twice. I couldn't believe it. But that is what it said. Former U.S. Army SPC, now Navy reservist, U.S. PO2 Elisha Leo Dawkins--a 26-year resident of Florida--was arrested in April and has spent now more than 2 months behind bars in a Federal detention center in Miami, and a Federal indictment says the serviceman failed to acknowledge he had once applied for a passport when filling out a new application, something the prosecutors call passport fraud, but his public defender calls an innocent oversight. Petty Officer 2nd Class Dawkins now faces up to 10 years in prison if he is convicted. Remember John Dillinger? He was sentenced not to 10 years but to 8\1/ 2\ years on a conviction for assault and battery with the intent to rob and conspiracy to commit a felony. We all recognize that falsifying information on a passport has grave implications for our national security, and we want our government to be vigilant and to crack down hard on those who would attempt to sneak in here and do us harm. Zero tolerance. Zero. But according to Petty Officer Dawkins' Guantanamo naval base work evaluations, his superiors praised his work ethic and performance.…”