google.com - 11/19/2008
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5 hours ago McALLEN, Texas (AP) Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor. The ...
chron.com - 11/18/2008
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chron.com —
McALLEN, Texas A South Texas grand jury has
indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County's federal detention centers. The indictment ...
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Vice president, former AG, state senator indicted | AP ...
chron.com - 11/19/2008
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chron.com —
McALLEN — 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 ...
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Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzales indicted in S. Texas | ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
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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 ...
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Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales
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Obama Names Eric Holder Attorney General-- Dick Cheney Indicted
DownWithTyranny! —
... The two things, alas, are not connected. Cheney and Alberto Gonzales were indicted by a Willacy, Texas grand jury on 7 state charges stemming from prisoner abuse. But this isn't any of the Geneva Convention stuff Mr. Holder would be getting ready to look into if this was really a nation of laws. The Texas grand jury indicted them on charges involving local prisons. It looks like a crazy case by a crazy district attorney and it looks like it won't even rise to the level of nuisance suit-- although I'm sure Cheney and Gonzales are guilty of whatever and more. Doesn't ...
Ghoul's Glossary: Vice President
Informed Comment —
... . Lazier and greedier incumbents have satisfied themselves with mere tax evasion (see Agnew, Spiro). Energetic and conscientious vice presidents have engaged in the whole range of vice, including subverting the constitution, committing war crimes, engaging in treason through betrayal of covert intelligence operatives, or owning shares in abusive private prisons. (See Cheney, Richard Bruce). Some holders of the office have misunderstood its requirements, neglecting to distinguish themselves by any form of criminality and so dooming themselves to complete oblivion rather than ...
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thinkprogress.org 11/19/2008 — A South Texas grand jury has returned multi-count indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County’s federal detention centers:
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talkleft.com 11/19/2008 — This is just too fun: Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under ...
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talkleft.com 11/21/2008 — 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 ...
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reuters.com 11/19/2008 — HOUSTON (Reuters) - A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday for "organized criminal activity" related to alleged abuse of inmates in private prisons. The indictment ...
An Anti-Cheney "Brief"
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/17/2008 —
Let me begin by thanking TPMCafe for inviting me to discuss Angler and by thanking Bart Gellman for reaching out to me following the publication of his book.
As Bart notes , the other participants in this discussion have reviewed Angler ; I ...
Facts, Not Fiction
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/22/2008 —
I doubt I can break much ground on whether Angler is pro- or anti-Cheney, or sufficiently balanced, or correct in its judgments. I'm happy to leave that judgment to readers. I do not claim, as I think my interlocutors here understand, that Angler ...
What Really Happened
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 —
Uh oh. I waited too long to weigh back in, and now there's way too much to talk about. I'll address two points now and post again as soon as I can.
Jake asks what's so new about a big shot cutting corners and maneuvering for power. In ...
Anatomy of a Vice Presidency
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/17/2008 —
Let me just say to begin with that it is flattering and daunting, in more or less equal parts, to talk about my new book on Vice President Cheney with four of its published critics: Jacob Heilbrunn in the NYT Book Review , Steve Clemons in the ...
Dick Cheney, author
washingtonmonthly.com 1/13/2009 — DICK CHENEY, AUTHOR.... Dick Cheney will be leaving public life fairly soon -- 170 hours, but who's counting -- but once he has some time away from his "duties," the notorious Vice President plans to write a book. ...Cheney, the...
Searching For Context
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/22/2008 —
Yesterday, I tried to defend my view that Angler presents not a "mixed" view of the Cheney vice presidency but a rather thoroughly negative one. Now I want to defend my view that Angler is slanted to some extent against Cheney.
To make my ...
Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales —
CNN.com - Politics 11/19/2008
Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on separate charges related to alleged prisoner abuse in federal detention centers, Willacy County, Texas, District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra told CNN ...
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