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Dick Cheney, Come On Down

by West Virginia Rebel

Well looky here:

McALLEN, Texas — A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on state charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County’s federal detention centers.

The indictment, which had not yet been signed by the presiding judge, was one of seven released Tuesday in a county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles in recent years. Another of the indictments named a state senator on charges of profiting from his position.

Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra himself had been under indictment for more than a year and half before a judge dismissed the indictments last month. This flurry of charges came in the twilight of Guerra’s tenure, which ends this year after nearly two decades in office. He lost convincingly in a Democratic primary in March.

Cheney’s indictment on a charge of engaging in an organized criminal activity criticizes the vice president’s investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds interests in the private prison companies running the federal detention centers. It accuses Cheney of a conflict of interest and “at least misdemeanor assaults” on detainees because of his link to the prison companies.

Now, it could be argued that Cheney is the proverbial ham sandwich in this case. Still, it would be nice to be able to remind Cheney that he is accountable for what he does after all.

Comments

Posted by on 11/19/08 at 01:30 PM from

Still, it would be nice to be able to remind Cheney that he is accountable for what he does after all.

I don’t think Cheney’s going to get the message.

If you read the whole story, you will see that it was about a corrupt, out of control douchebag prosecutor who got pwn3d in his own party’s primary race. Now he is trying to settle his political scores in his last minutes in office by continuing being a corrupt, out of control douchebag. Those of you who hate Cheney (or Bush for that matter) so much should probably refrain from giving him ideas of doing things like this prosecutor is doing.

Of course, how can you disagree with anything Cheney has done in any manner other than a political one if you think that what this prosecutor is doing is a good thing?

This post = fail

Posted by InsipiD on 11/19/08 at 02:22 PM from

Any DA that thinks he can do this is the kind that locks homeowners up for shooting burglars.  No, thanks.

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