The MSM is all abuzz with headlines blazing: Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe.

As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio gets vilified in the press, take a deep breath and remind yourself that this career lawman held top management positions throughout the world — infiltrating drug organizations on behalf of the government — and capping his 32-year federal career as head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for Arizona before being elected to administer the nation‘s third largest sheriff’s office in 1993.

Arpaio didn’t just fall of the turnip truck, as the saying goes. Neither is he easily intimidated.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s official statement regarding the federal lawsuit against his office by the U.S. Department of Justice for his alleged refusal to turn over documents is followed by a statement from his Washington, D.C. attorney, Robert Driscoll. Both can be read here.

Michelle Malkin’s conservative blog also carries a piece on the topic written by Doug Powers.

Hat tip: Seeing Red AZ