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talkleft.com - 11/21/2008
Cheney, Gonzales Arraignment Friday
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They have a strange way of doing things in Texas, at least in Willacy County where the prosecutor persuaded a grand jury to indict Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales. Usually the indicted person has to be hauled in front of a magistrate for an arraignment. In Willacy County, they have to go get ...

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No Way. No How. No Brennan.
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/21/2008
No Way. No How. No Brennan.
— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Marc reports the Republican, former chief-of-staff for George Tenet (who authorized war crimes as CIA head), admirer of Dick Cheney, CEO of the company one of whose contract employees improperly accessed Obama's and McCain's passports, and ... (more) No Way. No How. No Brennan.

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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/19/2008
About that Cheney indictment...
— washingtonmonthly.com — ABOUT THAT CHENEY INDICTMENT.... At first blush, the headline looked pretty extraordinary: "Texas Grand Jury Indicts Cheney, Gonzales on Charges Related to Prisons." Wait, Dick Cheney's been indicted? It sounded too good to be true, in large part ... (more) About that Cheney indictment...

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Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Vice President Dick Cheney (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 ... (more) Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales

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This day will last a thousand years
The Sideshow — ... interviewed John Ziegler about the bizarre poll he commissioned from Zogby to "prove" that Obama voters were ill-informed on "important issues" in the campaign. Hilarity ensues. (Alas, transcript only.) Jane Hamsher says that placing Waxman at the head of the Energy and Commerce Committee in preference to Dingell is a huge blow to the Blue Dogs. "As one wag put it, 'Dingell should have just endorsed McCain if he wanted to keep his gavel.'" TChris fleshes-out the Cheney/Gonzales indictment story. More clown circus expected since the arraignment ...

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