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AlphaCentauri

(6,460 posts)
Tue Aug 21, 2012, 01:53 AM Aug 2012

Former head of Border Patrol union pleads innocent in fraud case

Source: Reuters

The former head the U.S. Border Patrol agents union pleaded innocent on Monday to siphoning off union and government funds to enrich himself, claiming outside court that the charges were retaliation against him for speaking out against the government.

Terence "T.J." Bonner, who served for 22 years as president of the National Border Patrol Council, was indicted last week on accusations that he siphoned off hundreds of thousands of dollars in part to maintain a mistress in Chicago and pay for pornography.



Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-crime-borderagentbre87k01z-20120820,0,7097446.story

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Border Patrol Tea Party Racists bushisanidiot Aug 2012 #1

bushisanidiot

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1. Border Patrol Tea Party Racists
Tue Aug 21, 2012, 12:34 PM
Aug 2012

I bet they'll find a lot more crimes being committed than just fraud if they look more closely at these idiots

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