Tag Archives: Cheney

Cheney’s Version of Iraq Accomplishment Tainted

Cheney’s Mission AccomplishedBy Juan Cole / March 17, 2009 Dick Cheney: “I guess my general sense of where we are with respect to Iraq and at the end of now, what, nearly six years, is that we’ve accomplished nearly everything … Continue reading

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Cheney : Faces Nation, Won’t Face Truth

‘Cheney wrapped up his version of “Through the Iraqi Looking Glass,” double-speaking his way through torture, detention, Guantanamo, wiretapping without warrant, and the administration’s basic trampling of the Constitution.’ By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2009 … Continue reading

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Bush/Cheney : The Makeover and the Two Myths

Torture saved us and the surge worked. Not.By Robert Parry As George W. Bush and Dick Cheney make their case for some positive legacy from the past eight years, two arguments are playing key roles: the notion that torturing terror … Continue reading

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A Legal Opinion About Bush and Cheney’s Culpability for War Crimes

Cheney Throws Down Gauntlet, Defies Prosecution for War Crimes By Marjorie Cohn / December 19, 2008 Dick Cheney has publicly confessed to ordering war crimes. Asked about waterboarding in an ABC News interview, Cheney replied, “I was aware of the … Continue reading

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Dick Cheney: Forever Through the Looking Glass

Needless to say, the guy on the right isn’t the gang leader. Photo source.Dick Cheney’s fantasy world: Despite the facts, the vice-president still insists that Saddam Hussein could have produced weapons of mass destructionBy Scott Ritter / December 16, 2008 … Continue reading

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Cheney Admits to Torture Role; Says He’d Still Waterboard

Vice President Dick Cheney says he approved waterboarding at Guantanamo. If I said what I’d like to say on reading this (and hearing it all day), the NSA agents who are monitoring this board would be sending the Secret Service … Continue reading

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Texas : Arraignment Set for Cheney and Gonzales

Judge J. Manuel Banales has set arraignment for Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales in Raymondvill, TX. Former Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales and veep Dick Cheney shown at the White House in 2006. Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP. The … Continue reading

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Ritmo : Inhumane Texas Detention Center Should be a Crime. Cheney or No Cheney.

Federal detention center in Raymondville, Texas. ‘Willacy County is home to the largest of a new generation of detention camps where thousands of undocumented immigrants live in massive tents with poor food, non-existent health care, facing months if not years … Continue reading

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Cheney and Gonzales Indicted in Texas : Abuse of Federal Prisoners

Dick (look out, he’s got a gun) Cheney, photographed in Sydney, Australia, February, 2007.‘The indictment criticizes Cheney’s investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds interests in the private prison companies running the federal detention centers.’November 18, 2008 McALLEN, Texas — … Continue reading

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Preserving the Record of Wrong-Doing and Deceit

Vice President Dick Cheney has argued that his office is not part of the executive branch of government. Photo: Filippo Monteforte, AFP / Getty ImagesJudge Orders Cheney to Preserve RecordsBy Pete Yost / September 21, 2008 WASHINGTON — A federal … Continue reading

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But Will Dick Cheney Be Impeached? No !!

Dick Armey, victim of the big lie. Photo: CBSVice President Dick Cheney’s Incredible and Deadly LieBy John W. Dean / September 19, 2008 By Deceiving a Congressional Leader, Cheney Sent Us to War on False Pretenses and Violated the Separation … Continue reading

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The Oil Industry: Birds of a Feather …

Cheney colleague admits bribery in Halliburton oil dealsBy Stephen Foley / September 4, 2008 A former colleague of the US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, has pleaded guilty to funnelling millions of dollars in bribes to win lucrative contracts in Nigeria for … Continue reading

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