For three decades Vice President Dick Cheney conducted a secretive, behind-closed-doors campaign to give the president virtually unlimited wartime power. Finally, in the aftermath of 9/11, the Justice Department and the White House made a number of controversial legal decisions. Orchestrated by Cheney and his lawyer David Addington, the department interpreted executive power in an expansive and extraordinary way, granting President George W. Bush the power to detain, interrogate, torture, wiretap and spy -- without congressional approval or judicial review.
Now, as the White House appears ready to ignore subpoenas in the wiretapping and U.S. attorneys' cases, FRONTLINE's season premiere, Cheney's Law, airing Oct. 16, 2007, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS (check local listings), examines the battle over the power of the presidency and Cheney's way of looking at the Constitution.
Should be powerful!
Meanwhile, on the other hand, Bush's ratings are soaring, to a stratospheric (for him), 33%, up from his depths at 23%-24%. Cheney, however, is still mired in his expected level of 12%-14%. (I hear that Satan's Poll-numbers and even the still dead; Saddam's are a bit higher than Cheney's.)
I'm several years younger than that prick, but when I was in college, I turned down a student deferment. Back then, not everyone went to college and I figured it wasn't fair that I should get that deferment. This guy used it six fucking times. Let the fat murdering SOB talk to me about morals.
"Am I the Evil Genius in the corner that nobody ever sees come out of his hole?" Dick Cheney asked this question in January 2001. The answer, of course, is yes. Learn about how much Dick was involved in MK-Ultra, Iran-Contra, the Panama Invasion, Iraq 1 & 2, drug smuggling, war-profiteering and being the "Maestro" behind 9-11.