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commentsfromleftfield.com - 12/23/2008
Cheney’s Highest Moment in the Last 8 Years? 9/11.
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From the Washington Post : Vice President Cheney offered an unabashed defense of the Bush administration’s claims of broad executive powers today, mocking criticism from Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and saying the president “doesn’t have to check with ...

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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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No More Mister Nice Blog — A CHENEY MOMENT FROM BUSH? A number of bloggers (Kathy, Jed L, Steve Benen) have noted Dick Cheney's bizarre response yesterday when asked by Fox's Chris Wallace to name his "[h]ighest moment the last eight years": CHENEY: Hmmm. Highest moment in the last eight years? Well, I think the most important, the most compelling, was 9/11 itself, and what that entailed, what we had to deal with. The way in which that changed the nation, and set the agenda for what we had to deal with as an administration. WALLACE: Can I add, sir, ...

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