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Suggestion of Torture

shiska — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:27:35 -0800

Cheyney the Torturer? According to Dan Froomkin today, Lawrence Wilkerson (former chief of staff to the secretary of state) said that he had uncovered a "visible audit trail" tracing the practice of prisoner abuse by U.S. soldiers directly back to Vice President Cheney's office.

pejamo — Wed, 04 Sep 2002 18:51:36 -0800

Molly Ivins wraps it up nicely and ties a bow on top. When Dick Cheney was CEO of the oilfield supply firm Halliburton, the company did $23.8 million in business with Saddam Hussein, the evildoer "prepared to share his weapons of mass destruction with terrorists."

kittyloop — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 13:11:18 -0800

Excellent summation of the Cheney/GAO tussle by someone who knows a thing or two about cover-ups: John Dean.

owillis — Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:13:29 -0800

GAO to Cheney: "Show us what you got!" Ok, well it wasn't that dramatic, but this "demand letter" is one step away from giving the Veep a subpeona. Even right wing attack dog Judicial Watch is getting in with some hot lawsuit action.