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I'm not making this up. ----------------------------------------------------------------- A Reuters News piece sourced from the truthout site. Texas grand jury indicts Bush and Cheney Editor's Note: Major news networks such as CNN and BBC have reported that Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been issued indictments. It remains to be seen if this will gain traction, but the indictment highlights a detention center in Texas, which has been criticized for inhumane practices. Truthout will keep you updated as the story develops. sg/TO Houston - 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 has not been seen by a judge, who could dismiss it. The grand jury in Willacy County, in the Rio Grande Valley near the U.S.-Mexico border, said Cheney is "profiteering from depriving human beings of their liberty," according to a copy of the indictment obtained by Reuters. The indictment cites a "money trail" of Cheney's ownership in prison-related enterprises including the Vanguard Group, which owns an interest in private prisons in south Texas. Former attorney general Gonzales used his position to "stop the investigations as to the wrong doings" into assaults in county prisons, the indictment said. Cheney's office declined comment. "We have not received any indictments. I can't comment on something we have not received," said Cheney's spokeswoman Megan Mitchell. The indictment, overseen by county District Attorney Juan Guerra, cites the case of Gregorio De La Rosa, who died on April 26, 2001, inside a private prison in Willacy County. The grand jury wrote it made its decision "with great sadness," but said they had no other choice but to indict Cheney and Gonzales "because we love our country." Texas is the home state of U.S. President George W. Bush. Bush and his Republican administration, which first took office in January 2001, leave the White House on January 20 after the November presidential elections won by Democrat Barack Obama. Gonzales was attorney general from 2005 to 2007. -------- If Liberals really hated America, we'd all vote Republican. |
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11/20/2008 9:49 pm |
It will all be pushed under the carpet in Jan. 2009 like many other actions, and will resurface in 50 years time. Remember .... history repeats itself  Thanks for sharing Jeff  It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak and remove all doubt
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 11/19/2008 10:20 pm |
rich1037,,,,ya gotta be kiddin'...i'm a brown body,,,,Bush Jr...used gonzalez for the hispanic vote as governor and as well in his run for prez.....tellin' like it is here.. and mad him AG as payback .... actually tried to make him a SC justice..... just part of the ole boy club...
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11/19/2008 7:07 pm |
Yipee!! Yahoo!! (Cartwheel) Wouldn't it be nice to believe in justice again?
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11/19/2008 4:14 pm |
Hopefully this is the first of many indictments and then convictions for the crimes that have been committed.
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11/19/2008 3:52 pm |
menal You sure have shown your anti-racial attitudes. No fun in you! How blind can one person be. You are a true idealoge
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11/19/2008 3:23 pm |
judges in texas as in the rest of the country, are bought and sold....nothing will come out of this....he should be hung for putting the country in the shape its in,,,his ties to enron, haliburton, exxon/mobil,,, jsut to mention a few, ....as for gonzalez he's just a mexican oreo..used to get the brown vote... 
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 11/19/2008 3:21 pm |
Why does this not surprise me? Keep us updated Jeff and thanks.
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