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Cheney on Wiretapping: "Congress said we could"
dailykos.com - 12/22/2008
Cheney on Wiretapping: "Congress said we could"
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Dick Cheney's taunts continue. He brazenly admits to authorizing torutre--committing war crimes, just daring someone, anyone, to do something about it. He upped the ante yesterday in an interview with Fox News’s Chris Wallace, in which he emphasized the complicity of a handful of members ...
Cheney says top congressional Democrats complicit in spying - Glenn Greenwald
salon.com - 12/22/2008
Cheney says top congressional Democrats complicit in spying - Glenn Greenwald
— salon.com — (updated below) Dick Cheney's interview yesterday with Fox's Chris Wallace was filled with significant claims, but certainly... among the most significant was his detailed narration of how the administration, and Cheney personally, told numerous ... (more) Cheney says top congressional Democrats complicit in ...

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Op-Ed Columnist: Popularity Isn’t Everything
nytimes.com - 12/22/2008
Op-Ed Columnist: Popularity Isn’t Everything
— nytimes.com — In admiration of straight talkers, let’s give credit to the nation’s most unpopular Republican, Dick Cheney, and... the nation’s most unpopular Democrat, Rod Blagojevich. > (more) Op-Ed Columnist: Popularity Isn’t Everything

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murraywaas.crooksandliars.com - 12/23/2008
Exclusive: Cheney’s admissions to the CIA leak prosecutor and FBI
— murraywaas.crooksandliars.com — Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a still-highly confidential FBI report, admitted to federal investigators that he... rewrote talking points for the press in July 2003 that made it much more likely that the role of then-covert CIA-officer Valerie ... (more) Exclusive: Cheney’s admissions to the CIA leak ...

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Oliver Willis:  Stop Caring

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Stop Caring
Oliver Willis — ... I see liberals falling for the bait that Dick Cheney is throwing out but I can’t muster up the same anger or outrage. I take a page out of George W. Bush’s book and say history will be the judge. Without equivocation, Dick Cheney is the worst vice president America has ever had. He’s trashed the institution he was supposed to represent and done so in the most reprehensible manner. That he is unapologetic does not change what he did. ...

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