newschannel5.tv - 11/18/2008
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Several political figures also indicted
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
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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 ...
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Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales
talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/19/2008
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
An odd report out of South Texas where
a Willacy County grand jury has apparently indicted Vice...
President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. But this doesn't look like the comeuppance so many have hoped for. I can't piece ...
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brownsvilleherald.com - 11/18/2008
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brownsvilleherald.com —
A Willacy County grand jury under District Attorney
Juan Angel Guerra returned multi-count indictments Monday against Vice...
President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, plus several other public officials. The indictment ...
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Breaking News: Vice President indicted by Willacy County ...
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Talking Points Memo —
... Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. But this doesn't look like the comeuppance so many have hoped for. I can't piece together from the news reports what the precise allegations are but they don't seem to implicate Cheney or Gonzales directly in any wrongdoing. In fact a little googling shows the district attorney down there has been embroiled in one controversy after another, including getting ...
Cheney and Gonsales Indicted In Prisoner Assault Case
Firedoglake —
... are run by Vanguard Group. Cheney has an investment in Vanguard and is charged with conflict of interest and "misdemeanor assault" on detainees through the company, while Gonzales is charged with using his office to quash an investigation. (h/t Perris)
Get out the popcorn, this could be interesting.
And maybe it will shine a light on the privatization of the prison system in the US, which has led to even greater abuses of prisoners than before.
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