Letter: It’s not too late to prosecute Dick Cheney

May I add, it is not too late to prosecute former Vice President Dick Cheney for war crimes, such as exploiting the horrific 9/11 attacks to lead the nation into war in Iraq in order to benefit Halliburton, where Cheney had once been a CEO. Senator Rand Paul said that Dick Cheney pushed for the Iraq war so Halliburton would profit.

Also, in the outing of former CIA operations officer Valerie Plame, it is common knowledge that Cheney’s assistant and right-hand man, Scooter Libby took the fall for him. Scooter Libby was indicted on charges that he lied about his role in exposing the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA operative to the press.

CBS News in a broadcast on Oct. 21, 2007 announced: “When former CIA agent Valerie Plame’s identity was published in a newspaper five years ago, an investigation traced the leak all the way to the White House and it became apparent this was no ordinary spy story. Her cover was blown after her husband—former ambassador Joe Wilson — criticized the Bush administration about the Iraq war. Was it retaliation? Administration supporters said no, dismissing her as a low-level analyst. One congressman even called her ‘a glorified secretary.’”

It is not too late to prosecute Bill Cosby. It is not too late to prosecute Dick Cheney.

Guy Guerrero

Burlingame