HOUSTON (Reuters) - A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday for "organized criminal activity" related to alleged abuse of inmates in private prisons.

The indictment has not been seen by a judge, who could dismiss it.

The grand jury in Willacy County, in the Rio Grande Valley near the U.S.-Mexico border, said Cheney is "profiteering from depriving human beings of their liberty," according to a copy of the indictment obtained by Reuters.

The indictment cites a "money trail" of Cheney's ownership in prison-related enterprises including the Vanguard Group, which owns an interest in private prisons in south Texas.

Former attorney general Gonzales used his position to "stop the investigations as to the wrong doings" into assaults in county prisons, the indictment said.

Cheney's office declined comment. "We have not received any indictments. I can't comment on something we have not received," said Cheney's spokeswoman Megan Mitchell.

Reuters

Holy crap. That is not good. I'm always dubious of great wealth and power. One doesn't accrue either by being totally above board all the time. And if one has inherited it, same applies to the ancestors that originally made the gelt. <I'm not talking a couple mill here. I'm talking HUGE money.>

Given the fact that the levels of political intrigue are extremely heightened at the moment, e.g., dissatisfaction, and pay-back-testing new found political powers, it would be difficult to predict an outcome-frankly, could care less for either side of the issue, or outcome-both sides, all total jerks, and twits!

Ha ha ha. That's true. Agendas for the lot of them. Greed, paybackm, revenge. All useless and wasteful emotions. Not very advanced karma-wise.