Dick Cheney

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Person.png Dick Cheney  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, businessman, war criminal)
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

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

Named "The worst Dick since Nixon", Cheney topped a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever".[1]

Mendacity

Notwithstanding an unenviable record of lying on import topics, Cheney is not being actively pursued for war crimes.

9/11

Full article: 9/11

Vice President Dick 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, Vice President Dick Cheney did not issue orders to shoot down hostile aircraft on September 11, 2001, until long after the last hijacked airliner had already crashed.

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.[2]

Invasion of Iraq

Full article: Iraq War

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".[3]

The "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.[4][5]

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.[6]

 

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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