Having recovered from an “unusual” heart operation Dick Cheney has announced that he will soon return to the campaign trail. Bizarrely, instead of shying away from his image as a bogeyman Cheney is running with it, writes Matt Latimer.
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All my best relatives are gay
The sister of newest Republican senator nominee for Delaware, the ultra-conservative Tea Party supported Christine O’Donnell, is an out-and-proud lesbian. She’s the latest in a long line of gay family members of homophobic politicians.
Bush “knew Guantanamo prisoners were innocent”
A former senior aide to Colin Powell says Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld knew that “the vast majority of Guantánamo detainees were innocent”, but thought releasing them would harm their case for war in Iraq.
Great unsolved mysteries in the War on Terror
It’s been a year since Bush left the White House, yet so much about his “War on Terror” is still unknown: what did Cheney really know? Where have all the CIA’s prisoners gone? Who forged the Yellowcake documents?
What Dick Cheney didn’t know about Valerie Plame
Notes from an FBI interview with former US VP Dick Cheney about the 2003 outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame have been released, revealing Cheney claimed “near total amnesia” on the whole scandal. Read the list of the important events and dates he just can’t recall.
The Republicans’ next hope: Liz Cheney?
Liz Cheney, Dick’s daughter, is “a red state rock star,” according to one fan. But is the 43-year-old lawyer an asset or a liability for the party? Meanwhile, she’s not the only political daughter touted as a GOP saviour.
How the US nearly destroyed a UK terror investigation
Did the Bush administration lose its nerve in 2006 and nearly cause a whole UK investigation of terror suspects (who were planning an attack “bigger than 9/11”) to fall apart? Andy Hayman of the Metropolitan Police says yes.
Biden may cause Cold War II?
Russia aren’t laughing over US vice president Joe Biden’s recent insults against Russia, which brought potential political problems and Dick Cheney comparisons.
Bush and Cheney’s final hours
TIME tells the tale of the tumultuous final hours of the Bush presidency, as Dubbya and VP Dick Cheney butted heads over whether to grant a pardon to Cheney’s former chief of staff and convicted felon, Scooter Libby.
CIA planned to deploy teams of assassins
More information about the CIA’s secret plans to knock-off Al Qaeda leaders has been revealed, with news they were planning to train and deploy anti-terrorist hit squads.
Cheney, CIA and Congress: a Crikey wrap
Dick Cheney, ex-Vice President of the Bush administration, is in further strife over claims that he ordered that a CIA counterterrorism program to be kept secret from Congress. Amber Jamieson takes a look at what the media is saying.
The final nail in the CIA’s coffin?
The CIA is “finished. It’s done. It’s over.” says former operative Robert Baer, following revelations the agency withheld details of a counterterrorism program from Congress. Others are less extreme, but warn that too much probing by politicians could jeopardise national security.
Cheney’s secret plans revealed
The Wall Street Journal have revealed the details of the secret CIA plans Dick Cheney kept hidden from Congress: a Presidential order to capture or kill Al Qaeda leaders.
What Cheney knew — and why it’s a test for Obama
That longed-for moment when we see either Dick Cheney or, could it be possible, Dubya himself, in the dock, has come a little closer. But would Obama order an inquiry into the secret ops of the Bush years?
Cheney’s big secret
Former Vice President Dick Cheney directly ordered the CIA to withhold information about a secret counterterrorism program from the United States Congress for eight years of the Bush administration, the NYT revealed this weekend. Expect sparks to fly.
War and Peace (but mostly war): Cheney signs a book deal
Former US VP Dick Cheney has signed on with a book publisher to pen his memoirs, in a deal said to be worth at least $2 million.
What will comedians do without Dick?
No modern American politician can be quite so effectively ridiculed as Dick Cheney, says Scott Horton.
Aaron Burr and Dick Cheney: a tale of two VPs
They may have served as Vice President two centuries apart, but there are some eerie parallels between Dick Cheney and Thomas Jefferson’s second-in-charge, Aaron Burr.
We are a nation of law: Powell takes on Cheney
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell made an appearance on CBS’ Face the Nation, hitting back at Dick Cheney and other critics Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo.
The Obama-Cheney face-off
It was close as it gets to a grand Lincoln-Douglas-style debate: on Thursday, Obama and Dick Cheney both addressed audiences on the issues of national security and civil liberties. Guess who was Lincoln?
Rumsfeld and Cheney: torture as self-justification
“He’s a ruthless little bastard. You can be sure of that.” So said Richard Nixon of Donald Rumsfeld back in 1971.
Video of the Day: Dick Cheney won’t go away
In honour of the former Vice President who won’t go away, The Daily Showintroduces a brand new segment: Excuse me your Dick is out.
Cheney’s role in waterboarding thickens
Former NBC investigative producer Robert Windrem reports that the VP’s office suggested waterboarding an Iraq prisoner.
Cheney: “No regrets” on interrogation
Former US Vice President Dick Cheney told CBS’s Face The Nation that he has no regrets over the War on Terror or the interrogation tactics used by the Bush administration.
