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In reply to the discussion: Bradley Manning's Legal Duty to Expose War Crimes [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)'obstructing justice' iow, blocking the prosecutor, 'throwing sand in his eyes' from getting to Cheney. His conviction confirmed that the crime had been committed as alleged and witness testimony confirmed that it went all the way to the top. But the critical witness was Libby and he was not about to turn in his boss. For his 'loyalty' he never served his jail sentence.
And that is just one of the crimes he committed.
Cheney lied repeatedly on National TV and to Congress to start a war that has been disastrous for our troops, for this country and for Iraq.
The evidence of his lies is public. There is hardly a person on the face of the earth who does not believe he is a criminal, a war criminal, a traitor (see Valerie Plame again).
If the rule of law applied in this country and he was charged with the crimes he committed and the evidence presented against him, and witnesses were not too intimidated to testify to the truth about him, which would have happened IF we still abided by the rule of law, Cheney would spend the rest of his life in jail at the very least.
But we have no rule of law for war criminals in high places or or Wall St. criminals, so he walks free and continues to profit from his crimes.