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  More on the Cheney/Gonzales Indictment

  http://www.discourse.net/archives/2008/11/more_on_the_cheney...
  49 days ago in Discourse.net: On the fringes of the public sphere · Authority: 158

  Political Animal says the indictment is a result of fairly crass local politics, and thus suggests it isn’t serious stuff. But you can decide for yourself, as I’ve just been sent a copy of the indictment. I haven’t had a chance to read it myself; comments very welcome.

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    Listening for the new-told lies

    http://sideshow.me.uk/snov08.htm#11191627
    49 days ago in The Sideshow · Authority: 224

    We could get a lot farther if we could just declare that the last eight years involved an illegitimate government - because under international law, a nation isn't responsible for the actions of an illegitimate government. Chris Floyd on The Era of Magical Thinking: SOFA Smokescreens and Presidential Power:The American media is by and large swallowing the propaganda line that the Iraqi cabinet's acquiescence to a "Status of Forces Agreement" (SOFA) with the U.S. occupation force means that the Iraq War will be over in 2011. This will further cement the conventional wisdom that the suppurating war crime in Iraq is now behind us, and the topic will be moved even further off the radar of public scrutiny. [...]Of course, going this far into the weeds on the details of the "agreement" ignores the fact that the entire process is actually a brutal sham. Disregarding for a moment the murderous nature of the Hitlerian war crime perpetrated on Iraq by the American government -- which removes the situation from any kind of "normal" considerations of diplomacy -- what we have here are negotiations dealing directly with the very essence of a nation's sovereignty, and America's continuing, intimate -- and armed -- involvement in that nation's life. It is absurd in the extreme to pretend that this is not a treaty-level matter, requiring full debate and a vote in the Senate, but simply a side issue to be left up to the President's discretion. Yet that is the case. Bush makes the deal alone -- after all, as Obama continually reminds us, "we only have one president," and even if he is a twerpish, murdering, nation-gutting son of a bitch, we should all defer respectfully to his judgment. All Obama asks is that any agreement to extend the war crime in Iraq will provide "sufficient protections for our men and women in uniform." As for "sufficient protections" for the Iraqi men and women -- and children -- out of uniform, who have been killed and displaced by the millions, our singular president and his successor have little to say.

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      Perp walk for Cheney and Gonazles?

      http://theimpolitic.blogspot.com/2008/11/perp-walk-for-chene...
      49 days ago in The Impolitic · Authority: 104

      I agree with Steve. It's unlikely. Steve adds the prosecutor is a bit of a nutcase besides, but the charges of the indictment make good reading. Cheney is charged with engaging in an organized criminal activity related to the vice president's investment

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        Cheney indicted for prisoner abuse & "organized crime"

        http://thedeclaimer.blogspot.com/2008/11/cheney-indicted-for...
        49 days ago in The Declaimer · No authority yet

        Breaking News out of Texas. VP Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been named as part of an indictment stemming from Willacy County, TX. The legal action stems from Cheney's involvement with the Vanguard Group, who had interests in the prison companies running the prisons. ...more from CNN ...more from Crooks and Liars Video courtesy of mmflint, hosted by Youtube A copy of the inictment can be found here (Discourse.net) Before we get all excited about the idea of Cheney and some of his goons doing time (or even paying fines) it's worth noting some a valid point brought up by The Washington Monthly: 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." We will keep you updated as the story progresses. Click here for more in Videos

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