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TERRORIST LAWYERS IN THE JUSTICE DEPT.: Holder Admits to Appointing Nine Who Defended Detainees (Bob Beauprez is in MST)
If Americans are already uneasy about how the Justice Department is pampering terror suspects with Miranda rights and other privileges afforded to them as if they were U.S. citizens, former U.S. Congressman Bob Beauprez (R-CO), says they should be irate.
On his daily blog at www.aLineOfSight.com, Beauprez posts and responds to a February 19th article from The Washington Examiner in which, under pressure initiated by Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley (R), Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder confirms that nine of his appointed Justice Department officials have represented or advocated for terrorist detainees.
For anyone paying attention, this latest piece of information, combined with the terrorist-defense track record of Holder’s own firm and his puzzling inclination to try accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a federal criminal trial, begs the question, “Who’s side is our attorney general really on?”
Then, in his blog, Beauprez takes it to another level, expressing his frustration over the remarkable double standard too.
“Remember when the left went ballistic over Vice-President Dick Cheney’s meeting with oil company execs when he headed the White House task force developing a national energy policy in 2001?” he writes. “God forbid, he actually sought input from the people producing energy to develop a national energy policy, right? This was reason enough for the left to call for Cheney's impeachment. But, when it comes to national security, apparently it is a different matter in the Obama administration . . . I took an oath when I went to congress to ‘support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic’ Am I the only one who is outraged by this? Where is the outrage?”
Find out exactly where the outrage is by calling Special Guests to schedule an interview with the insightful—and, like most Americans right now, fed up—Bob Beauprez.
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ABOUT YOUR GUEST, BOB BEAUPREZ:
Bob Beauprez is a former dairy farmer, community banker and member of Congress who has spent his entire life working to leave Colorado a little better than he found it.
He was born and raised on a third generation family farm in Lafayette, Colorado. Bob's grandfather emigrated from Belgium in 1907 and founded a general livestock farm specializing in draft horses. Bob's father took over the farm and developed a nationally renowned Hereford beef cattle breeding herd and transitioned to dairy cattle in the 1950s.
The daily regime of chores, field work and milkings taught Bob a disciplined work ethic that would serve him well throughout his life.
After graduating from the University of Colorado in 1970, he went into partnership with his parents and brother, Mike, in the family farming operation. He managed the dairy herd, eventually marketing their cattle throughout the United States with cattle on every continent except Australia.
During that time, Bob pioneered the use of embryo transplant technology to increase the quality and marketability of the family herd. He also served eight years on the National Holstein Association Board of Directors, including five years as Chairman of the Genetic Advancement Committee. He later also became an industry spokesperson and international judge of Holstein cattle.
The dairy herd was dispersed in 1990 and Bob managed the development of the real estate for his family, eventually becoming part of a 1,500-unit residential golf course community. At the same time, Bob and his wife, Claudia, purchased controlling interest in a small community bank. As President, CEO and Chairman, Bob expanded the bank from one to 13 locations and grew its assets from $4 million to more than $400 million in twelve years.
Bob served as President of the Colorado Independent Bankers Association and was on the Board of the Independent Bankers of America.
While running the bank Bob was politically active as the chairman of the Boulder County Republican Party, and later as Colorado State GOP Chairman. He retired from the bank to run for the new 7th Congressional District in 2002, winning the nation’s closest Congressional election that year by 121 votes. After one term, in 2004, he was reelected by more than 30,000 votes.
While in Congress, Bob served on the Ways and Means, Transportation, Veterans Affairs and Small Business Committees. He was also Vice-Chairman of the Highways and Infrastructure Subcommittee and a member of the Republican Leadership Whip Team.
In 2006, he was the Republican nominee for Governor in Colorado.
Since 2007, Bob has published a monthly e-magazine called A Line of Sight (http://www.alineofsight.com/), a public policy and opinion resource on current political issues. Then, in 2009, he authored his first book: A Return to Values: A Conservative Look at His Party. He is also Vice-Chairman of The John Hancock Committee for the States (http://www.hancockcommittee.org/).
Bob married his high school sweetheart, Claudia, in 1970. They have three sons and one daughter, as well as three grandchildren. Bob and Claudia have returned to their agricultural roots recently by purchasing a ranch in the Colorado Mountains near the Wyoming border. They are developing a buffalo breeding herd in partnership with their son Jim. Bob continues to stay politically active, guest hosting on various radio talk shows, doing numerous media interviews nationally, and maintains a busy public speaking schedule.
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