By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former V.P. Dick Cheney isn’t always known for his diplomacy or finesse. But Monday he was more careful than usual when it came to voicing his opinion. Usually he’s not so circumspect. But he was when asked about Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald who prosecuted Cheney’s Scooter Libby for perjury and obstruction…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Under the category of “not very surprising”, Dick Cheney was fuming when President Bush refused to pardon vice presidential aide I “Scooter” Libby after he was convicted of lying in the leak investigation into the identity of CIA spy Valerie Plalme. Appearing in an interview on NBC’s Today Show, said ex-…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Legendary syndicated newspaper column Robert Novak, who was nicknamed “The Prince of Darkness”, was on the FBI’s radar way before he stepped into a controversy in 2003 by publishing the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame. The Washington Post’s Joe Stephens reports that just obtained FBI records show the…
It sounds like a coverup. Or is it? Should we believe Cheney, the wily VP, who has been an outspoken critic of the Obama Administration? Mmmm. I’m sure plenty people have opinions on whether he’s being on the up and up. By Barton Gellman Washington Post Staff Writer Former vice president Richard B. Cheney told…
We could use some more info to figure out exactly what happened in the Valerie Plame case. The Justice Department wants to keep some things under wraps. In this case, the right thing to do is to be transparent. By Ben Conery Washington Times WASHINGTON — A federal judge questioned Tuesday whether the Justice Department’s…
