Texas Grand Jury Indicts Vice President
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Texas Grand Jury Indicts Vice President
A 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 federal detention centers.
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(November 18, 2008)-- 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 federal detention centers in Willacy County.

The indictment criticizes Cheney's investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds interests in the private prison companies running the federal detention centers and accuses the vice president of a conflict of interest and "at least misdemeanor assaults" on detainees by working through the prison companies.

The indictment accuses Gonzales 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.

The indictments were first reported by KRGV-TV.

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Posted by: Ira Location: Pennsylvania on Jun 5, 2009 at 09:17 PM

If it can be proven that Chaney and Bush were not doing their work as our elected leaders properly, then we will be able to prosecute all of you at a Grand Jury for loss of lives on 9/11. These two protected your grandchildren, but this President called off the investigation connected with the American bred Muslim who killed a recruit who was signing up to defend you and me. Obama told Egyptian hearers that he was born and bred at first as a Muslim; go figure out the rest of this mess for yourself.
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Posted by: kirby Location: temple on Nov 20, 2008 at 05:48 PM

wow, this is fantastic and restores a portion of what little faith i still have in our country. maybe bush will be brought up on war crimes next.
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Posted by: susiebw Location: kempner on Nov 20, 2008 at 04:39 PM

IDIOTS! It'll be like this for a year, till they start worrying about the next election for the congress in two years. Let em make fools of themselves all they want, it'll backfire on them..
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