Texas: Dick Cheney

Reading that the President of the United States, overwhelmingly elected last November because the nation wanted a change, is mulling over the concept of "preventative detention" of those suspected of being terrorists was the kind of shock no decent person should have to sustain the first thing in the morning.

From the NY Times:

President Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on Wednesday that he was mulling the need for a “preventive detention” system that would establish a legal basis for the United States to incarcerate terrorism suspects who are deemed a threat to national security but cannot be tried, two participants in the private session said.

The indictments are over, but the war of words is ongoing.

While the charges against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez and state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) are off the table, lame-duck Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra and Lucio threw several jabs at each other after Monday’s developments, with the Democratic D.A. blasting corruption and the state senator accusing the D.A. of being “bitter.”

Presiding Judge Manuel Bañales dismissed an indictment against state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) on a corruption charge related to the alleged abuse of prisoners at federal detention centers within the South Texas county.

Friday’s scheduled arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) and several South Texas officials was delayed until next Wednesday when Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra asked for Presiding Judge Manuel Banales to remove himself from the case.