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Named "The worst Dick since [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]", Cheney topped a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever".<ref>http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/01/17/34948/bush-43-worst/</ref>
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'''Dick Cheney''' is a [[neoconservative]] [[deep politician]] with close ties to the [[MICC]]. Named "The worst Dick since [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]", Cheney topped a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever".<ref>https://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/01/17/34948/bush-43-worst/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20100712083053/http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/17/bush-43-worst/ Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.vn/izAzF Archive.is]</ref>
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==Mendacity==
 
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Notwithstanding an unenviable record of lying on import topics, Cheney is not being actively pursued for [[war crimes]].
 
  
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==Activities==
 
===9/11===
 
===9/11===
 
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[[image:Dick Chaney_911.jpg|thumbnail|left|456PX| Vice President Dick Cheney watching a live TV news report of the 9/11 attacks on the morning of September 11, 2001.]]
 
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Cheney was in the White House during the attack. He said he learned of the attack from a clerical secretary. In an interview with Tim Russert on NBC, Cheney indicated that the President made the decision that day to scramble fighter jets. This is contrary to standard operating procedures, and raises the question of whether and why the President delayed the scrambling of jets. According to the [[9/11 Commission]]'s report, Cheney did not issue orders to shoot down hostile aircraft on September 11, 2001, until long after the last hijacked airliner had already crashed. However, he later admitted on camera to giving the order to shoot down a flight after three had already hit their targets that morning. This can only have been [[flight 93]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vV3fjfeb9Q</ref>
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Cheney was in the White House during the attack. He said he learned of the attack from a clerical secretary. In an interview with [[Tim Russert]] on [[NBC]], Cheney indicated that President [[George W Bush]] made the decision that day to scramble fighter jets. This is contrary to standard operating procedures, and raises the question of whether and why the President delayed the scrambling of jets. According to the [[9/11 Commission]]'s report, Cheney did not issue orders to shoot down hostile aircraft on September 11, 2001, until long after the last hijacked airliner had already crashed. However, he later admitted on camera to giving the order to shoot down a flight after three had already hit their targets that morning. This seems likely to have been [[flight 93]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vV3fjfeb9Q</ref>
  
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====Assassination Squads====
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===9/11 Commission===
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It is widely alleged that [[Dick Cheney]] circumvented the [[Director of The CIA]] to order the formation of an "ultrasecret"<ref>http://www.newsweek.com/cia-kill-teams-modeled-israeli-hit-squads-82093</ref> CIA assassination squad modelled on Israel [[hit squads]] (which [[Seymour Hersh]] described as an “executive assassination ring.”)<ref>https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2009/03/investigative-reporter-seymour-hersh-describes-executive-assassination-ring</ref> after 9/11.<ref>http://www.theweek.co.uk/politics/21051/cia-and-long-history-assassinations</ref> As of April 2017, this has no proven connection to the [[9/11 Premature deaths]].
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[[George W. Bush]] claimed that it was important for him and Cheney to appear together before the [[9/11 Commission]] so that commission members could "see our body language... how we work together." Cheney and Bush testified in the Oval Office, ''not'' under oath and the session was ''not'' officially transcribed. Initially, Bush insisted that he testify only to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the commission, but later agreed to testify before the full panel.<ref name="bushcheneysession">https://web.archive.org/web/20121104120005/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4862296/ns/us_news-security#.UOYzsH3LdRw saved at [https://archive.vn/uV7wa Archive.is]</ref>
  
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====9/11 Commission====
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===Amerithrax===
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[[George W. Bush]] claimed that it was important for him and Cheney to appear together before the [[9/11 Commission]] so that commission members could "see our body language... how we work together." Cheney and Bush testified in the Oval Office, ''not'' under oath and the session was ''not'' officially transcribed. Initially, Bush insisted that he testify only to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the commission, but later agreed to testify before the full panel.<ref name="bushcheneysession">{{Cite web
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[[Richard Lambert]] is the FBI agent who headed the [[FBI]]'s "investigation" into the [[Amerithrax]] case from [[2002]] to [[2006]]. In a 2018 interview for the [[Opperman Report]] he stated that Dick Cheney was extremely interested in the progress of the investigation.
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===Invasion of Iraq===
 
===Invasion of Iraq===
 
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On August 26, 2002, Cheney stated "There is no doubt that [[Saddam Hussein]] now has [[weapons of mass destruction]]. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies and against us." ''[[Newsweek]]'' referred to it as "Cheney’s Biggest Lie", yet said nothing about potential charges - as if mendaciously starting a war of aggression were not agreed to be "the [[supreme crime|supreme international]] [[war crime]]".<ref>http://www.newsweek.com/2015/05/29/dick-cheneys-biggest-lie-333097.html</ref>
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[[image:cheney_war_profit.jpg|left|390px]]
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On August 26, 2002, Cheney stated "There is no doubt that [[Saddam Hussein]] now has [[weapons of mass destruction]]. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies and against us." ''[[Newsweek]]'' referred to it as "Cheney’s Biggest Lie", yet said nothing about potential charges - as if mendaciously starting a war of aggression were not agreed to be "the [[supreme crime|supreme international]] [[war crime]]".<ref>http://www.newsweek.com/2015/05/29/dick-cheneys-biggest-lie-333097.html</ref> Cheney personally made millions of dollars from the Iraq war, while [[Halliburton]] made around $40 billion from contracts with the US government.<ref>http://yournewswire.com/iraq-war-scandal-dick-cheney-company-profited-from-war/</ref>
  
 
===The "Cheney Loophole"===
 
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In 2005, at the urging of [[Vice President]] Cheney, a provision was inserted into the the [[Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005]] that has come to be known as the "Cheney loophole". This allowed the [[fracking]] industry to circumvent the [[Safe Drinking Water Act]] by exempting fracking fluids, thus fast tracking shale fracking as a source of cheap natural gas.<ref>http://cleanwater.org/page/fracking-laws-and-loopholes</ref><ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-grandia/how-cheneys-loophole-is-f_b_502924.html</ref>
 
In 2005, at the urging of [[Vice President]] Cheney, a provision was inserted into the the [[Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005]] that has come to be known as the "Cheney loophole". This allowed the [[fracking]] industry to circumvent the [[Safe Drinking Water Act]] by exempting fracking fluids, thus fast tracking shale fracking as a source of cheap natural gas.<ref>http://cleanwater.org/page/fracking-laws-and-loopholes</ref><ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-grandia/how-cheneys-loophole-is-f_b_502924.html</ref>
  
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===Torture===
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On Thursday, October 20, 2005, [[Vice President]] Cheney proposed a change to McCain's proposed legislation proscribing [[torture]]. Cheney wanted the proscription limited to just military personnel, thus giving [[CIA]] freedom to torture, but  McCain did not accept Cheney's proposal.<ref name=WaPo051025>{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102402051.html |title=Cheney Plan Exempts CIA From Bill Barring Abuse of Detainees |publisher=''[[Washington Post]]'' |date=2005-10-25 | accessdate=May 2, 2010 | first1=R. Jeffrey | last1=Smith | first2=Josh | last2=White}}</ref>
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On Thursday, October 20, [[2005]], [[Vice President]] Cheney proposed a change to McCain's proposed legislation proscribing [[torture]]. Cheney wanted the proscription limited to just military personnel, thus giving [[CIA]] freedom to torture, but  McCain did not accept Cheney's proposal.<ref name=WaPo051025>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102402051.html</ref>
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His enthusiasm for torture was not lost on the [[Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission]], who found him guilty in absentia the events of [[Abu Ghraib]].<ref>http://criminalisewar.org/press-release-bush-and-associates-found-guilty-of-torture/</ref>
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===Assassination Squads===
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It is widely alleged that Cheney circumvented the [[Director of The CIA]] to order the formation of an "ultrasecret"<ref>http://www.newsweek.com/cia-kill-teams-modeled-israeli-hit-squads-82093</ref> [[CIA]] assassination squad modelled on Israel [[hit squads]] (which [[Seymour Hersh]] described as an “executive assassination ring.”)<ref>https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2009/03/investigative-reporter-seymour-hersh-describes-executive-assassination-ring</ref> after 9/11.<ref>http://www.theweek.co.uk/politics/21051/cia-and-long-history-assassinations</ref>
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In early [[2009]] [[Seymour Hersh]], at a speaking event at the [[University of Minnesota]], said that Dick Cheney ran a secret hit squad that was kept from Congressional oversight.<ref>https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/101039</ref><ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/mr-cheney-what-about-executive-assassination-squad/</ref><ref>https://www.voltairenet.org/article159433.html</ref><ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/was-the-cia-hiding-cheney_n_228864</ref><ref>https://www.commondreams.org/views/2009/03/24/mr-cheney-what-about-executive-assassination-squad</ref> As of August 2019, no connection is known to have been proven to the [[9/11 Premature deaths]].
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[[image:anti-cheny demonstration.jpg|left|thumbnail|280px|Protesters outside the Vancouver Club]]
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Cheney's support for torture was noted by the [[Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission]], who found him guilty in absentia in connection with the events of [[Abu Ghraib]].<ref>http://criminalisewar.org/press-release-bush-and-associates-found-guilty-of-torture/</ref> In April 2012, Cheney cancelled a speaking engagement in Toronto "because he feared angry protests by those calling for his arrest for war crimes".<ref>http://indictbushnow.org/people-canada-united-states-demand-cheney-arrested/</ref>
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Person.png Dick Cheney   C-SPAN IMDB NNDB Powerbase Prabook Sourcewatch WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(deep politician, businessman, war criminal)
Dick Cheney.jpg
BornRichard Bruce Cheney
January 30, 1941
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Alma materYale University, University of Wyoming, University of Wisconsin-Madison
ReligionUnited Methodist
Criminal status
At large as of 2024
Children • Elizabeth Cheney
• Mary Cheney
SpouseLynne Cheney
Criminal convictions
 • Torture
• Cruel Inhumane and Degrading Treatment
Member ofAustralian American Leadership Dialogue, Council on Foreign Relations/Members, Project for the New American Century, The European House - Ambrosetti, US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce, US/Deep state
Perpetrator of"Iran-Contra", Cheney Loophole
PartyRepublican
Neoconservative deep politician with close ties to the MICC. Vice President 2001-2009, under George W Bush.

Employment.png Vice President of the United States

In office
January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2009
BossGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byAl Gore
Succeeded byJoe Biden

Employment.png United States Secretary of Defense

In office
March 20, 1989 - January 20, 1993
Succeeded byLes Aspin

Employment.png White House Chief of Staff Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
November 21, 1975 - January 20, 1977
Preceded byDonald Rumsfeld

Employment.png House Minority Whip

In office
January 3, 1989 - March 20, 1989
Preceded byTrent Lott
Succeeded byNewt Gingrich

Employment.png Chairman of the House Republican Conference

In office
January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1989
DeputyBill McCollum
Preceded byJack Kemp

Dick Cheney is a neoconservative deep politician with close ties to the MICC. Named "The worst Dick since Nixon", Cheney topped a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever".[1]

Activities

9/11

Full article: 9/11
Vice President Dick Cheney watching a live TV news report of the 9/11 attacks on the morning of September 11, 2001.

Cheney was in the White House during the attack. He said he learned of the attack from a clerical secretary. In an interview with Tim Russert on NBC, Cheney indicated that President George W Bush made the decision that day to scramble fighter jets. This is contrary to standard operating procedures, and raises the question of whether and why the President delayed the scrambling of jets. According to the 9/11 Commission's report, Cheney did not issue orders to shoot down hostile aircraft on September 11, 2001, until long after the last hijacked airliner had already crashed. However, he later admitted on camera to giving the order to shoot down a flight after three had already hit their targets that morning. This seems likely to have been flight 93.[2]

9/11 Commission

George W. Bush claimed that it was important for him and Cheney to appear together before the 9/11 Commission so that commission members could "see our body language... how we work together." Cheney and Bush testified in the Oval Office, not under oath and the session was not officially transcribed. Initially, Bush insisted that he testify only to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the commission, but later agreed to testify before the full panel.[3]

Amerithrax

Full article: Amerithrax

Richard Lambert is the FBI agent who headed the FBI's "investigation" into the Amerithrax case from 2002 to 2006. In a 2018 interview for the Opperman Report he stated that Dick Cheney was extremely interested in the progress of the investigation.

Invasion of Iraq

Full article: Iraq War
Cheney war profit.jpg

On August 26, 2002, Cheney stated "There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies and against us." Newsweek referred to it as "Cheney’s Biggest Lie", yet said nothing about potential charges - as if mendaciously starting a war of aggression were not agreed to be "the supreme international war crime".[4] Cheney personally made millions of dollars from the Iraq war, while Halliburton made around $40 billion from contracts with the US government.[5]

The "Cheney Loophole"

Full article: Cheney Loophole

In 2005, at the urging of Vice President Cheney, a provision was inserted into the the Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 that has come to be known as the "Cheney loophole". This allowed the fracking industry to circumvent the Safe Drinking Water Act by exempting fracking fluids, thus fast tracking shale fracking as a source of cheap natural gas.[6][7]

Torture

On Thursday, October 20, 2005, Vice President Cheney proposed a change to McCain's proposed legislation proscribing torture. Cheney wanted the proscription limited to just military personnel, thus giving CIA freedom to torture, but McCain did not accept Cheney's proposal.[8]

Assassination Squads

It is widely alleged that Cheney circumvented the Director of The CIA to order the formation of an "ultrasecret"[9] CIA assassination squad modelled on Israel hit squads (which Seymour Hersh described as an “executive assassination ring.”)[10] after 9/11.[11] In early 2009 Seymour Hersh, at a speaking event at the University of Minnesota, said that Dick Cheney ran a secret hit squad that was kept from Congressional oversight.[12][13][14][15][16] As of August 2019, no connection is known to have been proven to the 9/11 Premature deaths.

War criminal

Protesters outside the Vancouver Club

Cheney's support for torture was noted by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission, who found him guilty in absentia in connection with the events of Abu Ghraib.[17] In April 2012, Cheney cancelled a speaking engagement in Toronto "because he feared angry protests by those calling for his arrest for war crimes".[18]


 

Events carried out

EventLocationDescription
"Iran-Contra"A drug trafficking/weapons smuggling operation carried out in the 1980s with the approval of the top of the US government.
Cheney LoopholeUSA 'get out of jail free card' for the Fracking industry, to permit them to poison the US drinking water.

 

Related Quotations

PageQuoteAuthor
George Carlin“This whole country has a manhood problem, biiiiiig manhood problem in the USA. You can tell from the language we use; language always gives you away. What did we do wrong in Vietnam? We pulled out! Huh? Not a very manly thing to do is it? When you’re fucking people, you gotta stay in there and fuck them good! Fuck ‘em all the way! Fuck ‘em ‘til the end! Fuck ‘em to death! Fuck ‘em to death! Fuck ‘em to death! Stay in there and keep fucking them until they’re all dead! We left a few women and children alive in Vietnam and we haven’t felt good about ourselves since. That’s why in the Persian Gulf George Bush had to say “this will not be another Vietnam!” He actually used these words, he said: “This time, we’re going all the way!” Imagine, an American president using the sexual slang of a 13-year-old to describe his foreign policy. If you wanna know what happened in the Persian Gulf, just remember the names of the two men who were running that war: Dick Cheney and Colin Powell… somebody got fucked in the ass!”George Carlin
Indira Singh“If we do, if everyone works together, and comes real close to, ehm, closing them down, you will see the mother of all terrorist attacks.”Indira Singh

 

Employee on Wikispooks

EmployeeJobAppointedEnd
Carol KuntzUS/Homeland Security Advisor20012006

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/200421 January 200425 January 2004Switzerland
World Economic Forum		2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres.

 

Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Bush Cheney Rumsfeld and 9/11webpage1 December 2005Matt Everett
File:AdamMinetaClarkePaper.pdfreport2006Adam LetalikNorman Mineta and Richard Clarke Contradict the 9/11 Commission Report
File:The mineta testimony.pdfreport2005Gregor Holland9/11 Commission Report - one year later ... The Mineta Testimony: 9/11 Commission Exposed
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References

  1. ↑ https://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/01/17/34948/bush-43-worst/ saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vV3fjfeb9Q
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121104120005/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4862296/ns/us_news-security#.UOYzsH3LdRw saved at Archive.is
  4. ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/2015/05/29/dick-cheneys-biggest-lie-333097.html
  5. ↑ http://yournewswire.com/iraq-war-scandal-dick-cheney-company-profited-from-war/
  6. ↑ http://cleanwater.org/page/fracking-laws-and-loopholes
  7. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-grandia/how-cheneys-loophole-is-f_b_502924.html
  8. ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102402051.html
  9. ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/cia-kill-teams-modeled-israeli-hit-squads-82093
  10. ↑ https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2009/03/investigative-reporter-seymour-hersh-describes-executive-assassination-ring
  11. ↑ http://www.theweek.co.uk/politics/21051/cia-and-long-history-assassinations
  12. ↑ https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/101039
  13. ↑ https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/mr-cheney-what-about-executive-assassination-squad/
  14. ↑ https://www.voltairenet.org/article159433.html
  15. ↑ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/was-the-cia-hiding-cheney_n_228864
  16. ↑ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2009/03/24/mr-cheney-what-about-executive-assassination-squad
  17. ↑ http://criminalisewar.org/press-release-bush-and-associates-found-guilty-of-torture/
  18. ↑ http://indictbushnow.org/people-canada-united-states-demand-cheney-arrested/
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