Pubdate: Mon, 18 May 2015 Source: San Diego Union Tribune (CA) Copyright: 2015 Union-Tribune Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.utsandiego.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/386 Note: Seldom prints LTEs from outside it's circulation area. Author: Michael L. Crowley NOT ALL DRUG MULES CHOOSE THEIR PART Reporter Kristina Davis and the U-T should be applauded for illuminating the public on the problem ("Unwitting drug mules rare, but defense gaining some credibility," May 3) of "blind mules." This story served to warn the public and perhaps cause law enforcement and prosecutors to seriously consider victims' stories about their lack of illegal knowledge. One part of this situation, however, was not contained in the story. For decades, Drug Enforcement Agency agents and other law enforcement, at the behest of the U.S. attorney's office, presented expert testimony to juries at trials from their own agents that blind mules did not exist. They argued forcefully that drug dealers would never entrust their high-value drugs to someone unknown. There are many people serving time in custody right now based on that false testimony. Michael L. Crowley San Diego - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom