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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/21/2008
A Different Way of Viewing Cheney's Historical Context
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Let me try and break the apparent logjam between Jake , Paul and Bart . Leave aside for a moment the question of whether Cheney is a singular figure or whether other people in the administration resisted his whims. Maybe a better way of contextualizing Cheney arrives by asking whether/which ...
No Way. No How. No Brennan.
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/21/2008
No Way. No How. No Brennan.
— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Marc reports the Republican, former chief-of-staff for George Tenet (who authorized war crimes as CIA head), admirer of Dick Cheney, CEO of the company one of whose contract employees improperly accessed Obama's and McCain's passports, and ... (more) No Way. No How. No Brennan.

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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/19/2008
About that Cheney indictment...
— washingtonmonthly.com — ABOUT THAT CHENEY INDICTMENT.... At first blush, the headline looked pretty extraordinary: "Texas Grand Jury Indicts Cheney, Gonzales on Charges Related to Prisons." Wait, Dick Cheney's been indicted? It sounded too good to be true, in large part ... (more) About that Cheney indictment...

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Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Vice President Dick Cheney (CNN) — A grand jury in south Texas indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on separate charges related to alleged prisoner abuse in federal detention centers, Willacy County ... (more) Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales

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The Profits Of Failure
Talking Points Memo — Book Clubbin' on Bart Gellman's Angler: Was Dick Cheney's overstretch made possible by excessive political success or did he profit from failure? We've been arguing it out all week at Cafe. And next week, we'll keep digging into the twisted remains of the last eight years with a special discussion of Charles Homans' upcoming story in the Washington Monthly: "The Last Secrets of the Bush Administration: How to Find Out What We Still Don't Know." You know where to find us. ...

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