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Vice President Cheney, Ex-AG Gonzales Indicted in South Texas Prison Abuse Case
A grand jury in South Texas has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales--as well as a former U.S. attorney and two state-court judges--concerning their alleged contribution to claimed prisoner abuse at federal detention centers in Willacy County.
"Gonzales is accused of using his position while in office to stop an investigation into abuses at the federal detention centers," reports the Brownsville Herald.
Both he and Cheney are alleged in the Willacy County indictment to have engaged in organized criminal activity, the newspaper adds.
A subsequent Associated Press article about the charges today states that the county "has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the… Continue reading...
