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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008

Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales

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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 District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra told CNN Tuesday. On the southern tip of Texas, Willacy County is on the United [...]

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Firedoglake — ... Bye, Toobz. CT Dems pissed that Short Ride got off. 60 comes down to MN and GA. Willard comes to Saxby's rescue. Sirota asks a good question. Huckabee -- still an ignorant rube. Headline to love: "Texas grand jury indicts Cheney."

Cheney Indicted
Boots and Sabers — ... This DA is a nutcase . (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. [...] 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 ...

About that Cheney indictment...
Political Animal — ... indictments "have not yet been signed by the presiding judge, and no action can be taken on them until that happens." And that, of course, is unlikely to ever happen. The prosecutor in question is Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra, who's apparently developed a reputation for being something of a ... how do I put this gently ... legal eccentric. A lawyer for Democratic state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., who is also charged in the Cheney/Gonzales indictment, called Guerra a " one man circus ." The description seems to fit. David Kurtz ...