Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Joined: 12/31/69
#1Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 9:43am
At the White House, [White House national security lawyer John] Bellinger sent Rice a blunt — and, he thought, private — legal warning. The Cheney-Rumsfeld position would place the president indisputably in breach of international law and would undermine cooperation from allied governments. …
One lawyer in his office said that Bellinger was chagrined to learn, indirectly, that Cheney had read the confidential memo and “was concerned” about his advice. Thus Bellinger discovered an unannounced standing order: Documents prepared for the national security adviser, another White House official said, were “routed outside the formal process” to Cheney, too. The reverse did not apply.
Powell asked for a meeting with Bush. The same day, Jan. 25, 2002, Cheney’s office struck a preemptive blow. It appeared to come from Gonzales, a longtime Bush confidant whom the president nicknamed “Fredo.” Hours after Powell made his request, Gonzales signed his name to a memo that anticipated and undermined the State Department’s talking points. The true author has long been a subject of speculation, for reasons including its unorthodox format and a subtly mocking tone that is not a Gonzales hallmark.
A White House lawyer with direct knowledge said Cheney’s lawyer, Addington, wrote the memo. Flanigan passed it to Gonzales, and Gonzales sent it as “my judgment” to Bush. If Bush consulted Cheney after that, the vice president became a sounding board for advice he originated himself.
Attorney General John Ashcroft “was astonished” to learn he had been pushed aside. “What the hell just happened?” Secretary of State Colin Powell asked upon learning through the media that the order had been signed. “National security adviser Condoleezza Rice, incensed, sent an aide to find out.”
Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Updated On: 6/24/07 at 09:43 AM
JustAGuy
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#2re: Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 9:57amThis is a surprise?? The governments be syping on us for years, Patriot Act anyone?
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"I do not suggest you walk out the door onto a New York street with your vulnerable child part exposed and not protected..." - Jason Bennett
HDThoreau2
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/11/06
#2re: Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 9:57am
How about some facts on this Cheney hit piece?
A friend provided a link to some truth.
Media Outrage of the Week: Cheney is a Working Vice-President, Oh No!
If Tom DeLay is The Hammer, then I proclaim a new title for the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi: The Briber. Nancy Pelosi had to bribe her members with spinach to get their votes.
#3re: Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 10:15amAnother one of your made up friends?
My avatar: South Park Evan Almighty. He's nutty.
JustAGuy
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/03
#4re: Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 10:21am
Evan, you haven't been around long enough to know that HD and his "friend" are one and the same. That's why I always put friend in quotation marks. Some of his other personas here have been DAKIN, and CHANTICLEER148 to name just two. He's also the author of THESPIS JOURNAL, which he constantly links to.
"Just a Guy. Your feelings are touching. I am gladdened by the thought that you will one day wind up 6 feet under as we all do." - MrRoxy ------
"I do not suggest you walk out the door onto a New York street with your vulnerable child part exposed and not protected..." - Jason Bennett
Updated On: 6/24/07 at 10:21 AM
HDThoreau2
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/11/06
#5re: Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 10:25am
The above post is totally fabricated.
While Dakin and chanticleer know one another, and I know them, we are not one in the same.
If Tom DeLay is The Hammer, then I proclaim a new title for the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi: The Briber. Nancy Pelosi had to bribe her members with spinach to get their votes.
JustAGuy
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/03
#6re: Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 10:28am
"The above post is totally fabricated."
Indeed it is.
"Just a Guy. Your feelings are touching. I am gladdened by the thought that you will one day wind up 6 feet under as we all do." - MrRoxy ------
"I do not suggest you walk out the door onto a New York street with your vulnerable child part exposed and not protected..." - Jason Bennett
#7re: Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 10:40am
Touche!
As a matter of fact, I don't know Chanty and Dakin. "Evan" may be new, but I am old, old, old.
My avatar: South Park Evan Almighty. He's nutty.
#8re: Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 12:51pm
HD--do you support this statement from Cheney's lawyer or not?
[Cheney's] general counsel has asserted that "the vice presidency is a unique office that is neither a part of the executive branch nor a part of the legislative branch," and is therefore exempt from rules governing either.
Yes or no?
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#9re: Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 2:02pm
Wow-- talk about re-writing the constitution! Cheney may in fact be Satan, but he is Satan with Balls the size of watermelons
Updated On: 6/24/07 at 02:02 PM
#10cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 2:37pm
indeed he does.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#11cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 4:21pm
Dick Cheny corrects the impression left by PapaLovesMambo's misleading picture:
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#12cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 5:00pmtsk, we all *KNOW* thats his leaky colostomy bag.
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#13cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 5:15pmHmmm-- really? He has a bag? Cause I always thought he was full of _ _ _ _!
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#14cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 8:41pmI know with every fiber of my being that there is a spot in hell reserved for Dick Cheney.
'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'
HDThoreau2
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/11/06
#15cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 9:21pm
All liberal democrats on this board appear to be mean spirited in their hatred of all things conservative.
Is this the foundation of the United States of America?
If Tom DeLay is The Hammer, then I proclaim a new title for the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi: The Briber. Nancy Pelosi had to bribe her members with spinach to get their votes.
#16cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 9:30pm
You are such a silly little tool.
I hope the summer session is entertaining for you.
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#17cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 9:35pm
Total bull mr hd whatever,
I am not a liberal at all In fact I voted for Reagan because Carter was horrible. I voted for Pataki because Cuomo was a mean guy and for Bloomberg because Mark Green is an ass.
Dick Cheney IS evil incarnate.
'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'
HDThoreau2
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/11/06
#18cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 9:36pm
Wex: could we use you, Rosie, Jack, and Christine on the poster for the true meaning of delusional liberals?
With you four in agreement, Fred Thompson has the White House well within his reach.
If Tom DeLay is The Hammer, then I proclaim a new title for the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi: The Briber. Nancy Pelosi had to bribe her members with spinach to get their votes.
JustAGuy
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/03
#19cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 11:22pm
"[Cheney's] general counsel has asserted that "the vice presidency is a unique office that is neither a part of the executive branch nor a part of the legislative branch," and is therefore exempt from rules governing either."
"Just a Guy. Your feelings are touching. I am gladdened by the thought that you will one day wind up 6 feet under as we all do." - MrRoxy ------
"I do not suggest you walk out the door onto a New York street with your vulnerable child part exposed and not protected..." - Jason Bennett
HDThoreau2
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/11/06
#20cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 11:33pmExactly! It sounds like you think that Cheney lied because he stated the constitutional fact that he is an officer in both branches of government.
If Tom DeLay is The Hammer, then I proclaim a new title for the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi: The Briber. Nancy Pelosi had to bribe her members with spinach to get their votes.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#21cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/24/07 at 11:39pmNo No HD you misunderstand! Cheney LIED when he said he wasn't part of the EXECUTIVE branch of the government.
#22cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/25/07 at 12:28am
It just makes you think, what are they so afraid of.
I really do hope that the Congress does stop funding the VP's office, because if it is not apart of the Executive Branch, then it surely should not be covered by the budget or such.
I want to see records for all of the money sent to the VP's office and I want some accountability now.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#23cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/25/07 at 5:18amCheney has set a new standard for VP non-accountability. From his refusal to reveal who helped write the nation's energy policy early in his first term to his destruction of his residential visitor's logs, you just have to wonder What is he hiding?
HDThoreau2
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/11/06
#24cheney spies on white house staffers
Posted: 6/25/07 at 8:28amCheney is a part of both branches, and that it what you said. You are not quite as crafty as the Treason Times in misquoting him.
If Tom DeLay is The Hammer, then I proclaim a new title for the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi: The Briber. Nancy Pelosi had to bribe her members with spinach to get their votes.
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