Cheney, Gonzales indicted by Texas Grand Jury

Now that the Bush/Cheney administration is living its last days, its high ranking officials are “untouchable” no longer.  Reuters reports that a Grand Jury in South Texas has handed the US Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales indictments for “organized criminal activity” related to reports of alleged abuse of inmates in private prisons.

Apparently the indictment details a money trail which ties Cheney to ownership in prison-related enterprises such as Vanguard Group, which is involved in private Texas prisons.  Gonzales is accused of using his power to stop investigations into the alleged abuses.

Cheney’s office declined comment to Reuters inquiries, stating that they had not received any indictments yet.  I would love to have seen the look the face of the staffer on the other end of that phone line.  A judge has not yet looked over the indictments yet, so they may get tossed, but it says something that TEXAS indicted Cheney.  Good for you Texas, good for you!

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.

- Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime

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