Yeah, that sounds about right. AP:
McALLEN, Texas – Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto 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.
The indictment returned Monday has not yet been signed by the presiding judge, and no action can be taken until that happens.
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. It accuses Cheney 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 indictments were first reported by KRGV-TV.
Yay fpr Texas!
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mcallen!
that's grapefruit country. i may have to revise my very negative opinion of grapefruit and do my bit to support the south texas economy.
i just bought some so. TX grapefruit!
wow, i'm psychic!
...heh, i just put up two posts. one, about bloggers being "lazy and sloppy." the other, um, about this same topic, which i hadn't bothered to scroll down to see if anyone else here had already posted. /headslap doh/
that's irony we can beliving in, my friends. time for some grapefruit!
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!
Thought you might enjoy this. A rendition, as it were, of Cheney behind bars. Hey, hope springs eternal!
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