Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics. Search Home. Cheney and justice for torture victims. Former Vice President Dick Cheney, in a discussion in Washington this month, talks about working in the White House after 9/11. Ariel Dorfman: Ex-Colin Powell aide says Dick Cheney fears "somebody will Pinochet him"Dorfman: Cheney likely terrified of being tried for crimes against humanity for OK'ing tortureHe says Pinochet tag would be shameful for Cheney, debases U.S. in eyes of worldDorfman: Cheney should face trial in U.S. to show that "justice for all" has meaning Editor's note: Ariel Dorfman is the Chilean-American author of "Death and the Maiden" along with a wide variety of other plays, fiction, poetry and essays. Dorfman is the Walter Hines Page Professor of Literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University. His new memoir is "Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ).
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