DISQUS

kritt11 · 11 months ago

His chief of staff was found guilty of perjury. I never understood why Cheney was never put under oath during his testimony even though Fitzgerald knew Scooter was covering up for him, and told us so. I think he is still telling partial truths-- and that there was a definite conspiracy to out Ms Plame that originated in the VP's office.

saintixe · 11 months ago

The good news is that he will never be able to hurt us or the rest of the world anymore.

kritt11 · 11 months ago

What really stinks about this is that if that is the case, Cheney could have come out and said so a long time ago. He let his chief-of-staff go on trial and take a perjury and obstruction rap, because Cheney would not come forward. He let Judith Miller rot in jail because she didn't want to name her source. He ruined an innocent woman's career, and the covert operation that she ran was destroyed as well ( she worked on discovering nuclear proliferation in Iran!)By remaining silent he allowed the taxpayers to foot the bill for an investigation that lasted years and cost us millions.

This is the hero who was out to protect our national security???? No, Cheney was protecting his own sorry hide, and is only now coming out and talking about the Plame scandal because he's afraid that historians will nail him. If he gives his "version" to the press, at least there will be some controversy.

Cheney was determined that the US was going to invade Iraq- even before 9/11- afterwards it was his mission. He and Scooter camped out at the CIA and demanded to see the intel, drilling analysts and returning their reports if they didn't come to the desired conclusion. There was no way he was going to let Joe Wilson get away that op/ed in the NYT's insisting that the evidence that Iraq was getting yellowcake from Niger was a forgery.

Biden has had his share of gaffes, (remember when he said Obama was the first articulate, clean black candidate for president, LOL?) but he was dead-on when he said that Cheney is the most dangerous VP in American history.

Michael Merritt · 11 months ago

I'll take this with a grain of salt when it's not from a source that's ridiculously biased against the Bush administration.

kritt11 · 11 months ago

MM

Biased or not, if you connect all the dots, Cheney's office DID ruin both Plame's career and her mission uncovering information about middle east nuclear proliferation. If his legacy is predicated on his dedication to our national security, this incident reveals his willingness to put his own agenda ahead of our national safety.