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A Culture of Corruption?

Not in Congress, but at the U.S.-Mexico border:

Six additional current and former U.S. soldiers and law enforcement officials and two civilians have agreed to plead guilty to participating in a widespread bribery and extortion conspiracy which operated from January 2002 through March 2004, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.

The charges arise from Operation Lively Green, an undercover investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that began in December 2001. Forty defendants have already pleaded guilty in this ongoing prosecution and will be sentenced on Feb. 22, March 24, April 24, and June 12.

There's also this story about a Border Patrol agent indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury after being caught on video tape taking a 23-pound bale of marijuana out of a smuggler's truck while another agent chased the perps through the desert.

We have thousands and thousands of agents who perform the important and dangerous job of manning our southern border every day with honor and integrity. It's too bad there are a number of agents who don't take that obligation seriously.