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Dick Cheny indicted! (Gonzales, too)

Started by jaqeboy, November 18, 2008, 10:50 PM NHFT

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jaqeboy

November 18, 2008
Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales
Posted: 10:32 PM ET

(CNN) — A grand jury in south Texas indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on separate charges related to alleged prisoner abuse in federal detention centers, Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra told CNN Tuesday.

On the southern tip of Texas, Willacy County is on the United States-Mexico border.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/18/texas-grand-jury-indicts-cheney-gonzales/

K. Darien Freeheart

Huh.

So, did the people who got tortured point fingers at Cheney, or is this one of those "Make-the-figureheads-pay-in-an-attempt-to-claim-"justice was done"-but-actually-do-nothing-to-eliminate-the-mechanism-of-capture/torture-and-don't-actually-seek-justice-against-the-shitbags-who-ACTUALLY-tortured-people" things?

Kat Kanning

Good lord...why isn't this front page news?

K. Darien Freeheart

It's in tiny little print on the front page of CNN. The story claims it's a lame-duck politician from Texas rattling chains, VP spokespeoples say they've not received any formal paperwork.

dalebert

Quote from: Kevin Dean on November 19, 2008, 06:52 AM NHFT
The story claims it's a lame-duck politician from Texas rattling chains

Chains or sabers?

William

The link is down. Anyone save the entire text?

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November 18, 2008
Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales
Posted: 10:32 PM ET

(CNN) — A grand jury in south Texas indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on separate charges related to alleged prisoner abuse in federal detention centers, Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra told CNN Tuesday.

On the southern tip of Texas, Willacy County is on the United States-Mexico border.

Democratic state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. is also charged in the indictment. Michael R. Cowen, an attorney for Lucio, issued a statement calling Guerra a "one man circus."

"In the March 2008 Democratic Primary, 70 percent of the Willacy County voters elected to remove Juan Guerra as Willacy County District Attorney," Cowen said in a statement. "Now, with only a few weeks left in his term, Mr.Guerra has again chosen to misuse his position in an attempt to seek revenge on those who he sees as political enemies."

Cheney spokeswoman Megan Mitchell said, "The vice president has not received an indictment."

The Associated Press reported that the indictment stems from Cheney's investment in the Vanguard Group — an investment management company that reportedly has interests in the prison companies in charge of the detention centers. It also charges Gonzales halted an investigation into abuse at the detention centers while he was attorney general.

Ryan McGuire


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