Vice President Cheney and former Attorney General Gonzales indicted. (updated)

[ProSense]

Vice President Cheney and former Attorney General Gonzales indicted.

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:

The indictment accuses Cheney and Gonzales of engaging in organized criminal activity. It criticizes Cheney’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 by working through the prison companies.

Gonzales is accused of using his position while in office to stop an investigation into abuses at the federal detention centers.

Updated to add:

Texas Justice

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 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 arrested himself at one point, though he was later cleared. So this one may be entertaining but not for the reasons the headlines might suggest.

We'll see.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. I saw that earlier and wondered why it wasn't breaking news on the M$M.

But then what would I expect? :eyes:

[FrenchieCat]

2. Not as important as Keyes suing electorate on the basis of

his questioning Barack Obama's birth. :crazy:

[galaxy21]

5. Is he still pissed off Barack beat him for the senate seat?

You'd think he'd have gotten over it now. Oh, well, his kookiness will ensure it gets thrown out of whatever court its at even quicker.

[Starry Messenger]

3. Whoa. Thank you. Rec. n/t

[galaxy21]

4. Why do I get the feeling Cheney is going to spend the rest of his life sipping cocktails on a beach?

All this stuff about the law catching up with him...its a fantasy.

[Alpharetta]

6. I don't want them indicted until after Bush is out

Better to hold back the evidence for 62 more days.

[ddeclue]

7. Please give me a WORKING link to a primary news source

not some left-progressive aggregation.

Their own link to the Houston Chronicle was broken.

I'd rather not see links like this if they are substantiated by any primary sources.

[ProSense]

8. "not some left-progressive aggregation." Try Google. n/t

[ddeclue]

9. not MY link...if you want to convince me post the link

don't expect me to do the heavy lifting.

[ProSense]

10. "if you want to convince me" Not my job. n/t

[ddeclue]

11. ok then... I'll wait till I see Cheney doin' the perp walk on CNN...

and consider this OP not credible.

Thanks for playing...

[ProSense]

12. Your prerogative. n/t

[robertpaulsen]

14. CNN?

:eyes:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/18/texas-grand-jury-indicts-cheney-gonzales/

[Posteritatis]

13. Typing three words in Google News is heavy lifting now?

Here you go, and before you ask, no, I didn't hurt myself:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/18/texas-grand-jury-indicts-cheney-gonzales/

http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=74943

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/11/18/cheney-gonale-indicted/ (I know, I know, but it's still a news source)



All I could find on my grueling ten-second search, but it also looks like this just happened.

[Independent_Liberal]

15. Really? How good is this source?