Embattled AG now accused in teen sex scandal 'cover-up'

[CatWoman]

Attorney General Gonzales among officials who allegedly ignored abuse of minor boys

By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com


Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, both already under siege for other matters, are now being accused of failing to prosecute officers of the Texas Youth Commission after a Texas Ranger investigation documented that guards and administrators were sexually abusing the institution's teenage boy inmates.

Among the charges in the Texas Ranger report were that administrators would rouse boys from their sleep for the purpose of conducting all-night sex parties.

Ray Brookins, one of the officials named in the report, was a Texas prison guard before being hired at the youth commission school. As a prison guard, Brookins had a history of disciplinary and petty criminal records dating back 21 years. He retained his job despite charges of using pornography on the job, including viewing nude photos of men and women on state computers.

The Texas Youth Comission controversy traces back to a criminal investigation conducted in 2005 by Texas Ranger Brian Burzynski. The investigation revealed key employees at the West Texas State School in Pyote, Texas, were systematically abusing youth inmates in their custody.

Burzynski presented his findings to the attorney general in Texas, to the U.S. Attorney Sutton, and to the Department of Justice civil rights division. From all three, Burzynski received no interest in prosecuting the alleged sexual offenses.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54861

[Bluzmann57]

1. What is it with these neo cons and sex with young boys?

Jesus this is all sickening. I guess they believe in law and order just as long as it doesn't apply to them. Sick bastards.

[madokie]

4. I think its a power thing as much as it is sex

[LiberalFighter]

9. I wonder if this power thing was also done when bushwad was in Skull & Bones

[happydreams]

29. Yep, it is a way of totally fucking up a kids head. The ultimate

power move for having a willing flock of psychopaths.

[CountAllVotes]

5. typical ways with these divide/conquer neocon pigs

eom

:kick:

[Gregorian]

15. For the first time, I'm finally pissed off at my Boy Scout leader.

And yes, he is a rich attorney. And yes he's a Republican. And yes, he is/was running for California State politics.

I won't divulge names. I don't recall what he is or was running for. It was fairly recent.

But I do know that he did molest boys in our troop. And he tried to do it with me. Although at the time I was over 18.


I wanted to protect him, as he was the finest troop leader ever. At least as far as I was concerned. We had the best troop. I earned my Eagle scout there.

But now I would like to make sure this man pays up. And I certainly don't want him in politics.

And he goes by two names, for whatever reason that is.

I will now go back to reading DU. But if anyone wants to comment, I'm all ears.

[karynnj]

2. Worldnetdaily !!! Jerry Corsi!!!

I have many problems with Gonzales - but this is not a legitimate source

[CatWoman]

7. here's another source:

http://www.dallasnews.com/investigativereports/tyc/

About the story:

According to official documents obtained by The Dallas Morning News, many prison staffers at the West Texas State School complained about possible sexual abuse of inmates to their immediate bosses and to Texas Youth Commission officials in Austin. But, for more than a year, no one in charge did anything to stop it.

As state officials move quickly to sweep TYC's management clean in the wake of the West Texas sexual abuse and subsequent cover-up, the scope of the scandal has expanded to envelop the agency in a complete restructuring overseen by a special master appointed by Gov. Rick Perry.

[karynnj]

11. thanks

I was just shocked to see the names -

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. It looks like a lot of the research was done by the Lone Star Project - basically a Democratic PAC

Here's their release on this: Video Testimony Confirms that Attorney Generals Abbott and Gonzales Ignored TX Youth Sexual Assault

and a comment on the Lone Star Project: a federal political action committee that would serve as a fact-checker on the Republican Party on both the state and national levels

[Dora]

20. This is, however, a legitimate story.

There are some bad, bad things being covered up in Texas.

[madokie]

3. maybe sex will stick on him, after all nothing else seems to.

[CoffeeCat]

6. This is so incredibly vile...

Here we have prison administrators and guards--using troubled, underage males sexually. This Texas Youth Commission
sounds like it was converted into a playground for pedophiles, to victimize young males who were trapped and
vulnerable.

This is so awful...it just blows my mind!

However, it gets worse when we see quotes from Bill Baunmann, a US Assistant attorney. He actually states that because these minors, who were sexually abused--did not sustain "bodily injury"--that, there is no case. That's a load of bunk! "Bodily injury" is never a requirement for sexual abuse! An adult can fondle a minor or force them to perform oral sex...does that make those acts benign?

This sicko Baunmann goes onto say that there is "insufficient evidence existed to prove the offenders in the Texas Youth Commission case had used force in their alleged acts of pedophilia".

Anyone who knows ANYTHING about the sexual abuse of children--can tell you that force is usually not required--even when the children are not in imprisoned. Sexual abuse emotionally imprisons children by shaming or confusing them into forced silence. These minors, who were as young as 10--were sexually abused by offenders who were in charge of their incarceration. They held power over them. That's force enough!

So, you can sexually abuse a helpless, incarcerated minor---and get away with it because there is no tangible proof that the minor ran from you or that the minor sustained evidence of physical harm.

Sexually abusing minors--the act itself--is no longer a crime in the eyes of our US attorneys.

Vile. Beyond. Repair. Just absolutely sickening.

[LiberalFighter]

10. Does Governor Perry make visits for sex romps?

[juno jones]

25. Imprisonment implies coercion...just as bad as violence...n/t

[kowanda32]

33. Remind me of the movie *SLEEPERS*

Payback will be a Mother!

[havocmom]

8. K & R for a little exposure on what Gonzales really meant by 'protecting the children'

Evil motherfucker.

[EC]

26. Exactly what I was thinking.. n/t

[ThomWV]

12. Excuse Me, but what does the US Attorney General Have to do with a Texas State Problem?

Jurisdiction?

[CatWoman]

13. from the link

It's just the latest controversy for Sutton, Gonzales and the Bush administration's direction of the Justice Department. Earlier, Sutton's decisions to prosecute two Border Patrol agents and Deputy Sheriff Gil Hernandez were criticized as having been influenced by the intervention of the Mexican government.

Gonzales is under heavy congressional pressure in the controversy over the recent forced resignations of eight U.S. attorneys. At issue is whether the Bush administration is directing the Justice Department to pursue politically motivated prosecutions at the expense of fair or even-handed law enforcement.

[Vincardog]

21. Gonzo was the Clown who stoped the investigation when he was in TX.

He had to protect his b budy bush

[One Sweet World]

14. Cornyn

I'd be curious to see if Cornyn could have done anything to prevent this atrocity while he was attorney general of texas. Regardless, it looks like nobody did anything at the state or federal level.

[corkhead]

16. The circle of life in the republick party... In many cases it is the abused that becomes the abuser

It must be part of the secret initiation that makes them the pathological liars they are without blinking.

[CoffeeCat]

19. No kidding...

...and how many of these imprisoned, sexually abused 10-year olds will grow
up to be abusers themselves----and secure positions of power where
they can continue this cycle of creating "superabusers"--well known, prominent
serial sadists who are NEVER held accountable for their despicable crimes.

I think this is the newest fad among pedophiles--gain positions of power--in
order to escape accountability for violent crime against children.

These crimes are committed by sexual sadists who are broken, dysfunctional
people. They gain power and a high from victimizing and destroying people.

Destroying a child's innocence---something they never feel that they had
themselves--is the ultimate high for these people.

These people are a cancer on our society.

[BuyingThyme]

30. I don't know if you're half joking, but I believe

you are 100% correct.

[leftofthedial]

18. Oh come on. Leave the poor AG alone.

Pedophilia and sexual abuse are time-honored repuke traditions. Everyone knows that. It's not like he's a gawdless liberal or anything.

[Horse with no Name]

22. Okay so this is the reason for THIS

I was wondering when I read that article where it fit in. Now I know.:mad:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/legislature/stories/DN-tycrecords_04tex.ART.State.Edition1.43fadd3.html

>>>snip

HOUSTON – The Texas Youth Commission says a new interpretation of state confidentiality laws will further restrict the information it makes public about allegations of sexual or physical abuse by its staff.

Jim Hurley, a spokesman for the TYC, said information previously released to the public and media will no longer be available because lawyers with the TYC and the state attorney general's office have said it would be against the law to do so.

"We would like all this information to be public," Mr. Hurley told The Associated Press. "However, the statute does not allow it."

on edit to add this:
>>snip
Much of the information that led to those reforms was acquired through open-records requests filed by news organizations, including The Dallas Morning News. The new interpretation of confidentiality laws would limit that information in the future.

[loudsue]

28. Well, doesn't that tie a lovely ribbon around these pedophiles!

:argh: That is frikkin' outrageous. Horse, that should be a thread all its own, given this scandal. You're right, it makes a lot more sense now.

:kick:

[Horse with no Name]

23. kick to the top of the scandal pile

:kick:

[AuntPatsy]

24. Why hasn't he been forced to resign yet or arrested.

[yella_dawg]

27. Texas AG???

Pleas, please, please, PLEASE! tell me that was Senator ---

John Cornyn

The slimy piece of shit. I'd love to see him go down.

[kiteinthewind]

31. K&R nt

[knitter4democracy]

32. Not all night sex parties--all night rape parties.

They could not possibly give consent in that kind of a situation. Sick. This better be the end of that prick.

[Morgana LaFey]

34. World Net Daily. Hmmm. I tried to get Kos interested in this

when the AG scandal was new and hot. I sent him some of these links (have no idea which):

Texas Youth SEX Scandal! The cronyism NEVER stops!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3192151
Link: http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/008935.html

Sen. Orin Hatch Thinks Prosecution of Immigrants More Important Than Prosecution of Pedophiles
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3187893
Link: http://blogs.chron.com/texaspolitics/archives/2007/03/did_al_gonzales.html

Sex abuse of juveniles in Texas covered up
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=224x1790
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/117327090143970.xml&coll=2

Embattled AG now accused in teen sex scandal 'cover-up'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=518123&mesg_id=518123
Link: http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54861

13:14 3/20/2007
With partisan US attorneys, even child molesters go free if they are Repubs (shocking details):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3170722 (several links)
and: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x450493

But I don't think he did a thing with them. I was disappointed. Now I realize I should have sent them to Josh Marshall, probably. I don't get Kos sometimes, I really don't, but I am losing some patience with him. The sexism is bad enough, frankly. But he has other blind spots too. All in all it makes him considerably less useful, and less credible too.

[CatWoman]

35. did you send them to Josh?

[Morgana LaFey]

36. No, just Kos because he was covering it and I hadn't seen any

from Josh and frankly didn't think of him.

[Bucky]

37. I no longer want Gonzales to resign. He's like the gift that keeps on giving.

I mean the credit card, not the venereal disease