Cheney kept CIA program from Congress

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The CIA withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress during the Bush administration on direct orders from then-Vice President Dick Cheney, current CIA director Leon Panetta told members of Congress, a knowledgeable source confirmed to CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/11/cheney.surveillance/index.html

The existence of the programme, set up after 9/11, was hidden for eight years and even now its nature is not known.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8146466.stm

 

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Cheney hiding something from oversight...what a shocker.

 

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Correct me if I'm wrong but as I understand it the vice president has no real political power. How could Cheney have hidden something like this? Was Bush indeed @ times merely a puppet of Cheney?

 

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Correct me if I'm wrong but as I understand it the vice president has no real political power. How could Cheney have hidden something like this? Was Bush indeed @ times merely a puppet of Cheney?

I would say indeed...but not quite. I think Cheney was authorized certain tasks under Bush and it's pretty clear he was the guy to get the dirty work done.

I honestly think Cheney believes he is so smart that he can fashion any reality out of the facts...because after all, all he needs is to do in his mind is tell a convincing enough lie or spin for "his" side to buy. Then the "echo chamber" will do the rest...The recipe is simple (no matter what the facts are); come up with a talking point, have it repeated and justified for a month by the "echo chamber" then get Newsmax or Rasmussen to conduct a poll citing some approval of the spin. Viola!