Dick Cheney
 Dick Cheney       (politician, businessman, war criminal) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
Richard Bruce Cheney 1941-01-30 Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Yale University, University of Wyoming, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | United Methodist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Criminal status | At large as of August 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children |
• Elizabeth Cheney • Mary Cheney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Lynne Cheney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Criminal convictions |
• Torture • Cruel Inhumane and Degrading Treatment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Perpetrator of | Cheney Loophole, Iran-Contra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Named "The worst Dick since Nixon", Cheney topped a list of "The Top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever".[1]
Contents
Mendacity
Notwithstanding an unenviable record of lying on import topics, Cheney is not being actively pursued for war crimes.
9/11
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9/11
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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.[2]
Assassination Squads
It is widely alleged that Dick Cheney circumvented the Director of The CIA to order the formation of an "ultrasecret"[3] CIA assassination squad modelled on Israel hit squads (which Seymour Hersh described as an “executive assassination ring.”)[4] after 9/11.[5] As of April 2017, this has no proven connection to the 9/11 Premature deaths.
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.[6]
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 international war crime".[7] Cheney personally millions of dollars from the Iraq war, while Halliburton made around $40 billion from contracts with the US government.[8]
The "Cheney Loophole"
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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.[9][10]
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.[11] 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.[12] [13]
Events carried out
| Event | Date | Location |
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| Cheney Loophole | 2005 | United States |
| Iran-Contra |
Legal Case
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| Saleh v. Bush |
Related Document
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| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Bush Cheney Rumsfeld and 9/11 | webpage | 1 December 2005 | Matt Everett |
References
- ↑ http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/01/17/34948/bush-43-worst/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vV3fjfeb9Q
- ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/cia-kill-teams-modeled-israeli-hit-squads-82093
- ↑ https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2009/03/investigative-reporter-seymour-hersh-describes-executive-assassination-ring
- ↑ http://www.theweek.co.uk/politics/21051/cia-and-long-history-assassinations
- ↑ "9/11 commission finishes Bush, Cheney session". 4/29/2004 7:27:56 PM ET. Retrieved November 24, 2010. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/2015/05/29/dick-cheneys-biggest-lie-333097.html
- ↑ http://yournewswire.com/iraq-war-scandal-dick-cheney-company-profited-from-war/
- ↑ http://cleanwater.org/page/fracking-laws-and-loopholes
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-grandia/how-cheneys-loophole-is-f_b_502924.html
- ↑ Smith, R. Jeffrey; White, Josh (2005-10-25). "Cheney Plan Exempts CIA From Bill Barring Abuse of Detainees". Washington Post. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ↑ http://criminalisewar.org/press-release-bush-and-associates-found-guilty-of-torture/
- ↑ http://criminalisewar.org/press-release-bush-and-associates-found-guilty-of-torture/
