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On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:44:53 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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Certainly true... I don't think Obama will get bogged down if the AG
decides
to proceed. We need to hold everyone accountable for their acts.

If they actually go after a former vice president for policy decisions
made in office, the whole country will get bogged down.
Cheney will probably be dead of old age before they ever get out of
the discovery phase of his trial. There will be requests from both
sides for documents the government does not want to provide. The court
fight over that could take years.


No. We should go after him for criminal behavior. He's a criminal by his
own
words.

That would require evidence and in a criminal trial the defendant has
the ability to subpoena just about anything to aid his defense


Yes, and your point? He needs to be charged first. The evidence doesn't
necessarily have to be in open court. There are many instances of closed
sessions when national security issues are at stake. Typically, the judge
decides, which is what s/he is paid to do.

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