The Wheels of Justice Turn Slowly

In Nigeria, where they intend to charge Dick Cheney for bribery for his activities as head of Halliburton:

Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million bribery scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said.

Indictments will be lodged in a Nigerian court “in the next three days,” Godwin Obla, prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said in an interview today at his office in Abuja, the capital. An arrest warrant for Cheney “will be issued and transmitted through Interpol,” the world’s biggest international police organization, he said.

And the Wikileaks tapes reveal that the Obama administration went hammers and tongs against Spanish judicial investigations of torture by Bush administration officials.

So it appears that the rich and powerful evil-doers are more likely to be prosecuted in Nigeria, and more likely to be protected in the United States.

H/t emptywheel.