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On AlterNet: cheney

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "cheney"

Gibbs Sets Cheney Straight on Afghanistan

Gibbs Sets Cheney Straight on Afghanistan

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. October 22, 2009.
"What Vice President Cheney calls 'dithering, President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform and the American public,'" Gibbs said.

Right Wing Wackjobs Are Trying to Resurrect Bush's Disgraceful Foreign Policy

Right Wing Wackjobs Are Trying to Resurrect Bush's Disgraceful Foreign Policy

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. October 13, 2009.
"Keep America Safe," an organization that will likely do anything but what its name promises, was created by Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol.

White House Muddying the Waters on Gay Rights

White House Muddying the Waters on Gay Rights

Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog AlterNet: PEEK. October 13, 2009.
The contradictions are the message.

Into What Dark Hole Has Dick Cheney Crawled?

Into What Dark Hole Has Dick Cheney Crawled?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: World. October 9, 2009.
You'd think he'd have something to say about these foiled terror plots of late.

How an Innocent Man Was Tortured Into Making False Confessions

How an Innocent Man Was Tortured Into Making False Confessions

Andy Worthington, CounterPunch. October 5, 2009.
Like torture victims groomed for show trials throughout the centuries, Fouad al-Rabiah made up false stories under torture in the hopes of one day leaving Guantanamo.

Bin Laden Sports 'I Love Guantanamo' T-Shirt in DC Ad

Bin Laden Sports 'I Love Guantanamo' T-Shirt in DC Ad

AlterNet September 29, 2009.
Ads argue that illegal detentions are counter-productive as well as illegal.

How Dick Cheney's Radical Acts in the White House Still Threaten Our Democracy

How Dick Cheney's Radical Acts in the White House Still Threaten Our Democracy

David Swanson, Seven Stories Press. September 9, 2009.
In his new book, Daybreak, Swanson warns that Cheney radically transformed the role of the vice president into an unaccountable, dangerous seat of power.

Free-marketeers Try to Slam Michael Moore, Look Like Asses in the Process

Free-marketeers Try to Slam Michael Moore, Look Like Asses in the Process

Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 8, 2009.
Former GOP presidential candidate Tom Tancredo mocks Moore's latest film, "Capitalism: A Love Story." Then he asks for money.

Don't Laugh at Crazy Cheney -- He Represents the Dangerous Thinking of Many Powerful Conservatives

Don't Laugh at Crazy Cheney -- He Represents the Dangerous Thinking of Many Powerful Conservatives

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. September 4, 2009.
It's tempting to think of Dick Cheney as a cranky old men stirring up controversy to sell books. But Cheney must not be underestimated.

Bush Era Horrors Will Haunt Us Until We Truly Face Them

Bush Era Horrors Will Haunt Us Until We Truly Face Them

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. July 27, 2009.
We can't just "move forward." We need to face who we've been and just how badly we've acted, if we care to become something better.

Thank God Bush Didn't Do Everything Cheney Advised

Thank God Bush Didn't Do Everything Cheney Advised

Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 25, 2009.
The Veep wanted to deploy troops in the streets.

Could Dick Cheney Go to Prison?

Could Dick Cheney Go to Prison?

Ray McGovern, Consortium News. July 18, 2009.
Cheney seems to fear that if our system of justice works, he could be in for some serious, uncommuted jail time.

Cheney's CIA Secrets: We Must Fight to Get the Truth

Cheney's CIA Secrets: We Must Fight to Get the Truth

Marie Cocco, Washington Monthly. July 17, 2009.
The scary part is how little we know about the Bush Administration's clandestine plans.

Karl Rove: It's Dangerous to Give Congress Information

Karl Rove: It's Dangerous to Give Congress Information

Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. July 14, 2009.
Interesting take on that whole checks and balances thing.

Cheney's Secret CIA Program: Worse Than Foreign Assasinations?

Cheney's Secret CIA Program: Worse Than Foreign Assasinations?

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. July 14, 2009.
There's something very fishy about the explanation being fed to the media.

Press Attorney General Eric Holder to Bring Torture Architects to Justice

Press Attorney General Eric Holder to Bring Torture Architects to Justice

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. July 14, 2009.
Demand accountability and help topple ugly Bush precedents.

GOP Responds to Cheney's Concealment of CIA Program with Strawmen and Shrugged Shoulders

GOP Responds to Cheney's Concealment of CIA Program with Strawmen and Shrugged Shoulders

Matt Corley, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. July 13, 2009.
On the Sunday shows, several Republican lawmakers attempted to defend or divert attention away from the revelation about Cheney.

Cheney Orchestrated Public Response to Plame Leak

Cheney Orchestrated Public Response to Plame Leak

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. July 3, 2009.
Former Bush administration officials say documents detailing Cheney's involvement must remain secret. The Obama administration agrees! Hopey changey!

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Release of "Holy Grail" Torture Document Delayed

Jason Linkins, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. June 26, 2009.
If the arc of the Obama administration truly bends toward transparency, it seems that we've still got a ways to bend.

Demand Accountability for Torture

Demand Accountability for Torture

Accountability4torture.org, June 23, 2009.
Join thousands of others in their demonstrations on June 25.

Say it Ain't So! GOP Less Popular than Darth Cheney

Say it Ain't So! GOP Less Popular than Darth Cheney

Staff, AlterNet: PEEK. June 19, 2009.
We need a better opposition party.

While the Economy Crashes and Burns, Bush Loyalists Are Making a Killing

While the Economy Crashes and Burns, Bush Loyalists Are Making a Killing

Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. June 19, 2009.
They shredded our economic safety nets, but for them jobs are plentiful and lucrative. You'll be surprised to know who's cashing in and where.

GOP Leader Boehner: Republicans 'Took It in the Shorts With Bush-Cheney'

GOP Leader Boehner: Republicans 'Took It in the Shorts With Bush-Cheney'

Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. June 12, 2009.
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) pins the blame for his party's current failures on the Bush presidency.

What Should Be Done With Dick Cheney and Scott Roeder?

What Should Be Done With Dick Cheney and Scott Roeder?

Byard Duncan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. June 9, 2009.
Cheney loves torturing terrorists. Roeder's a terrorist. Hmmm...

When Will Dick Cheney's Tower of Lies Come Tumbling Down?

When Will Dick Cheney's Tower of Lies Come Tumbling Down?

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. June 8, 2009.
Cheney is practicing historical revisionism at its most despicable. Why does anyone believe anything he says?