Dick Cheney

Obama Takes Bush Secrecy on Wiretaps and Doubles Down

Government opts for secrecy in wiretap suit Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, April 7, 2009 (04-06) 15:26 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration is again invoking government secrecy in defending the Bush administration’s wiretapping program, this time against a lawsuit by AT&T customers who claim federal agents illegally intercepted their phone […]

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Dick Cheney is a man of principles. Disastrous principles

VICE GRIP THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY :: FEB/MARCH 2003 JOSHUA MICAH MARSHALL Early last December, Vice President Dick Cheney was dispatched to inform his old friend, Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill, that he was being let go. O’Neill, the president’s advisers felt, had made too many missteps, given too much bad advice, uttered too many gaffes. He […]

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The White Van: Were Israelis Detained on Sept. 11 Spies?

The White Van Were Israelis Detained on Sept. 11 Spies? ABC NEWS June 21 —2002 Millions saw the horrific images of the World Trade Center attacks, and those who saw them won’t forget them. But a New Jersey homemaker saw something that morning that prompted an investigation into five young Israelis and their possible connection […]

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