Yesterday, Vice President Dick Cheney was indicted by a court in Willacy County, Texas, right next to the U.S.-Mexico border. He was indicted on investing in Vanguard Corp which manages investments for prison companies that run detention centers. These detention centers are also accused of abusing prisoners, an investigation of which was halted by then Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, who is also being charged.
In a statement from one of his spokeswomen typical of the overreaching powers that VP Cheney has gained during the Bush presidency, it was said of his indictment “the Vice President has not received an indictment.”
And so begins the Bush Trials. If these indictments hold and Cheney and Gonzalez are put on trial, then the door will have opened for other similar trials against other Bush administration officials, including the President. I’ve been against putting the President on trial before the end of his term for at least the last two years, mainly because the last thing America needs is to have its Executive Branch on trial when it has such a short time left in office. It would have taken two years before Bush would have even needed to show up in court to face trial. Now though, he’s out of office, and I do believe America would be doing a disservice to not at least investigate his Administration for any acts of wrongdoing.