Vice President indicted by Willacy County grand jury

[cali]

November 18, 2008 - 4:02 PM
Emma Perez-Treviño
The Brownsville Herald

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 public officials.

The indictment accuses Cheney and Gonzales of engaging in organized criminal activity.

Also indicted are state District Judges Janet Leal, state District Judge Migdalia Lopez, State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., The GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut Corporation, former U.S. Attorney Mervyn Mosbacher, Gus Garza and Gilberto Lozano.

They all face a stream of criminal charges including abuse of office, profiting from office, and murder.

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/attorney_20005___article.html/state_district.html

[rurallib]

1. Lordy I hope this sticks.

[babylonsister]

2. In TEXAS?

:wow:

[TomInTib]

5. What I think is funny is that...

Willacy County is home to The Armstrong Ranch.

Remember that place?

[babylonsister]

7. Is that where dead-eye dick did his thing? nt

[TomInTib]

10. Yeah, kind of.

But it was Pamela Williford who pulled the trigger.

[WolverineDG]

25. No, the Armstrong Ranch is not in Willacy County

I'm thinking Kleberg, but might be wrong, as Kleburg County is home to the King Ranch. On edit, it's in Kenedy County, close enough to Corpus for Ms. Armstrong to call the Corpus paper & get her pet reporter to cover up the story....too bad he was on vacay & she got connected with the health & fitness reporter who was on duty that weekend.....

dg

[TomInTib]

34. We're both right

There is the Old Place (read down):

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/AA/far10.html

And Anne's place.

I have been to both and got confused (which is becoming an increasingly prevalent factor in my life).

[TomInTib]

35. Again....

I sometimes confuse the two.

Read down in this piece:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/AA/far10.html

Our Family settled in what is now Angelina County in 1630. I have been to most of the Old Places.

Tom

[Taverner]

6. Texas always throws me for a loop

I go there, and 95% of the folks there are Palin-loving, Bible Thumping, Me-first Imbeciles.

And then there's this 5%, made up of Lefty Texans out there that makes the rest of us look like weekend warriors. A lot of fight in that 5%...

[ashling]

18. Obama got more votes from Texas than from

all of New England. Were working hard to make Texas blue once again.

[Taverner]

24. Ladybird's Bluebells!

[ashling]

38. Bluebonnets

:)

[Taverner]

39. Sorry - Ladybirds BLUEBONNETS

Everytime I'm in TX in the Spring, those things are all over the highway.

Reminds me of the CaliPoppies all over ours

[NWPatriot]

27. Ah! The gorgeous bluebonnets!

I was down there this last April, when they were in bloom. I have a really cute pic of my autistic daughter standing in a patch of them at my in-law's place. It's at my desk at work.

Edit for spelling

[TomInTib]

3. Ironically, Willacy County is home to The Armstrong Ranch

Where Richard Cheney did not shoot Harry Whittington.

[WolverineDG]

26. Nope...see my post upthread nt

[Winterblues]

4. Brownsville, is that Texas?

and could they extradite them?

[JuniperLea]

8. The Eyes of Texas...

The eyes of Texas are upon you,
All the live long day.
The eyes of Texas are upon you,
You cannot get away.
Do not think you can escape them,
At night, or early in the morn'.
The eyes of Texas are upon you,
Till Gabriel blows his horn!



I much prefer the Masters of Reality version, but this fits, methinks!

[Parche]

9. Book em' Danno

:woohoo: :hi:

[Renew Deal]

19. Don't they have to drag Cheney and Gonzales in for arraignment?

Mug shots... The whole deal.

[Parche]

22. vampires dont show up on film

:rofl: :hi:

[drm604]

11. Does anyone have any more info on this?

Who are all of those people in the third paragraph and how are they involved with Cheney and Gonzales? And how does The GEO GROUP fit in?

What specific acts have they all been indicted for?

[cali]

12. here's a bit more

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 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.

Another indictment charges state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. with profiting from his public office by accepting honoraria from prison management companies.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6119394.html

[Mike 03]

14. OMG. Fascinating. This seems very auspicious. NT

[drm604]

13. Here's a little more info.

http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=10826587-cf79-4f05-bfd9-2c7fbc170e55

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 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.

Another indictment charges state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. with profiting from his public office by accepting honoraria from prison management companies.

[Renew Deal]

20. The charges against Gonzales seem more concrete.

But we'll see what the indictment looks like.

[Mike 03]

15. This is definitely noteworthy. Kick and Rec. NT

[Gregorian]

16. Oh my. These guys are in for the ride of their lives.

I don't think Bush is going to be able to pardon the way he is expecting. Now it's time to study up on that stuff. It's been a while.

Running around revealing the name of a CIA agent, and the things Sibel Edmonds knows should provide some interesting next few years.

[nichomachus]

17. That indictment has a shelf life shorter than milk.

And it will be tossed out just as quick.

[Cleita]

21. I'm too cynical to believe it will go any where, but I gotta thank them

for trying. They should probably include Cheney shooting that guy in the face too on their list of charges.

[dems_rightnow]

23. Hands up if you have money in Vanguard!

I do, and so do millions of other people.

It's a huge mutual fund company. They take money and invest in in hundreds, maybe thousands, of companies. That doesn't make me or any other Vanguard investor responsible for the acts of any of the companies Vanguard invests in. This is the largest stretch of a lawsuit.... ever.

[intheflow]

29. You have no idea how much Cheney invested in Vanguard.

The article also doesn't say exactly what the conflict of interest is. For a possible scenario from the top of my head: If Cheney has the controlling share of Vanguard stock, and they have proof that he used his influence to demand Vanguard give risky loans (to, maybe, Halliburton), and then Cheney personally profited from the transaction but Vanguard got screwed, well, that would be a different story from Dem_rightnow's stock holdings with Vanguard. I mean, I don't know you, but odds are you only own a fraction of their stock compared to what Cheney and his ilk could own. And billions of dollars are missing in Iraq. I don't think my scenario is far-fetched at all. I'd bet money there is something to this.

[dems_rightnow]

36. I see that mutual funds are a new thing to you.

So, I'll just use you to wish and hope that there are legs to this. I'll move on, knowing there's not.

[bluesmail]

28. HA! Abuse of prisoners. Those sadists.

[bluesmail]

30. Almost forgot the K&R for this yummy news.

I hope that doesn't jinx the indictments.

[fascisthunter]

31. He'll be pardoned

fuckin' bastards. It's gonna have to be either be a citizen's arrest or the international court to try them.

[Independent_Liberal]

33. Not if it's a state grand jury charging 'em.

Presidential pardons are only for federal offenses.

[fascisthunter]

40. I Have no Faith in Either our Judicial System or the Democratic Party

Well... they got my vote..... next time? I will stay home or vote third party...

[bluesmail]

32. I'm hoping it's a RICO charge.

[Th1onein]

37. WHY DON'T YOU GUYS REGISTER AND COMMENT?

The people commenting on that story are obviously left-wingers. I live in the Rio Grande Valley and the people here are wonderful and courageous. I am so happy that Texas stepped up to the plate. How about you guys stepping up to the plate and defending this brave move by this prosecutor and Grand Jury?

[jazzjunkysue]

41. Now, on a Yahoo near you! Summonses, not warrents friday

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_re_us/cheney_indicted