Ex-Bush Official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: "I am Willing to Testify" if Dick Cheney is Put on Trial

[Pharaoh]

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/8/30/ex_bush_official_col_lawrence_wilkerson


As former Vice President Dick Cheney publishes his long-awaited memoir, we speak to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. "This is a book written out of fear, fear that one day someone will 'Pinochet' Dick Cheney," says Wilkerson, alluding to the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who was arrested for war crimes. Wilkerson also calls for George W. Bush and Cheney to be held accountable for their crimes in office. "I’d be willing to testify, and I’d be willing to take any punishment I’m due," Wilkerson said. We also speak to Salon.com political and legal blogger Glenn Greenwald about his recent article on Cheney, "The Fruits of Elite Immunity." "Dick Cheney goes around the country profiting off of this sleazy, sensationalistic, self-serving book, basically profiting from his crimes, and at the same time normalizing the idea that these kind of policies…are perfectly legitimate choices to make. And I think that’s the really damaging legacy from all of this," says Greenwald.

[liberal N proud]

1. Maybe Cheney sticking his head out of the cave might stir things up

Maybe this will get some needed media attention.

[Mira]

2. Somewhere along the line I got all done with "maybe". I am scarred from

waiting for some justice, and when one of the slime balls sticks the head out my scars itch like crazy.