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To: pompsander who wrote (1929)	11/21/2008 12:30:00 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 103300

Hearing set on Cheney indictment The Associated PressPublished: November 21, 2008 McALLEN, Texas: A judge is scheduled to hear arguments Friday on whether to dismiss indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Some officials are questioning the motives of the Texas county prosecutor who brought the indictments. They are accusing Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra of trying to end his tenure with a bang and even scores with political enemies. Guerra says the decision to return the high-profile indictments of Cheney, Gonzales and other officials earlier this week was the grand jury's and the strong backlash is in response to his persistent investigation of ties between politicians and the private companies that run federal detention centers. Presiding Judge Manuel Banales is scheduled to hear the arguments Friday on motions to dismiss or quash the indictments. Guerra, who missed a Wednesday court appearance, said he will be there this time. The vice president is the highest public official that Guerra has pursued, but the district attorney has made a career — which is now ending after he lost the Democratic primary in March — of passing over routine county crimes in favor of public corruption. google.com

To: pompsander who wrote (1929)	11/21/2008 12:36:24 PM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

November 19, 2008 ABOUT THAT CHENEY INDICTMENT.... At first blush, the headline looked pretty extraordinary: "Texas Grand Jury Indicts Cheney, Gonzales on Charges Related to Prisons." Wait, Dick Cheney's been indicted? It sounded too good to be true, in large part because it is. Vice President Cheney and former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor. [...] Cheney is charged with engaging in an organized criminal activity related to the vice president's investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds financial interests in the private prison companies running the federal detention centers. Cheney is accused of a conflict of interest and "at least misdemeanor assaults" on detainees because of his link to the prison companies. [...] The indictment accuses Gonzales of using his position while in office to stop an investigation in 2006 into abuses at one of the privately run prisons. The AP report noted that the indictments "have not yet been signed by the presiding judge, and no action can be taken on them until that happens." And that, of course, is unlikely to ever happen. The prosecutor in question is Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra, who's apparently developed a reputation for being something of a ... how do I put this gently ... legal eccentric. A lawyer for Democratic state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., who is also charged in the Cheney/Gonzales indictment, called Guerra a "one man circus." The description seems to fit. David Kurtz noted that Guerra even got himself arrested not too long ago. As it happens, Guerra sought re-election as a district attorney, but lost (badly) in a Democratic primary back in March. With his term nearly complete, it appears that he's scurrying to get some 11th-hour indictments against his enemies off his to-do list. I don't doubt there are many Bush administration detractors who'd be thrilled to see Cheney and Gonzales get indicted, but this probably isn't a development to get excited about. washingtonmonthly.com

To: pompsander who wrote (1929)	11/21/2008 3:07:10 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Scooter deserves a pardon..as opposed to your homey, Clinton and the nasty pardon of Marc Rich. Not Cheney what? Last I heard, a man has to be indicted, tried and convicted before he is pardoned. That will not happen to VP Cheney. Of course your democrat sodomite buddies in congress will spend millions trying to come up with some crap against Pres. Bush or his people rather than doing their jobs...which should be to resign for their huge part in this Fannie/Freddy mess.