This story capitalizes on the high profile defendants, Cheney and Gonzalez, and has the quality of a farce or soap opera because the prosecutor in question is a lame duck, portrayed as flailing in his last days in office. There are three stories here. The colorful part is the apparent retaliation against political foes who unsuccessfully charged the prosecutor (the charges were ruled to be unfounded--see link for local coverage), but also the more serious issues of the privately operated federal detention centers, some operated by GEO Group (not identified in this story, as such, but better known under its former name of Wackenhut Corrections which has a record of problems according to POGO and was sued sucessfully in this jurisdiction for death of an inmate--see links ) and whether Cheney profitted from his investments in Vanguard which has an interest in GEO. The story in the Telegraph, also linked, does a better job of balancing these stories and connecting the dots to other criticism of Cheney mixing governmental power and profit--in the case of Haliburton.