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Who's The 'Traitor' - Dick Cheney or Edward Snowden?
"Former vice president Dick Cheney defended the NSA surveillance on Fox News, saying that it could have helped the United States prevent the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. "As everybody who's been associated with the program's said, if we had had this before 9/11, when there were two terrorists in San Diego—two hijackers—had been able to use that program, that capability, against that target, we might well have been able to prevent 9/11," Cheney said, according to NBC."*

Dick Cheney told Fox News that because Edward Snowden leaked classified information, he is a traitor. But wait, wait, wait, Dick! Does a name like "Scooter Libby" ring any bells? Is it okay for Cheney to leak info for his own benefit but not okay for anyone to expose him? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney Has Heart Transplant

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Dick Cheney, the former US Vice President, is recovering in a Virginia hospital after undergoing a heart transplant.

Cheney, 71, who served as vice president in the George W. Bush administration, has had a long history of heart trouble.

He had his first heart attack in 1978 when he was just 37.

After his fourth heart attack in 2000 he had a defibrillator implanted in his chest. Despite the huge daily pressures on him, he didn't have another heart scare in the eight years he was in the White House, but afterwards, at Christmas 2009, just as he was backing his car out of the garage, "everything went blank" as he suffered his fifth heart attack.

The defibrillator saved his life. Afterwards he also had fitted a battery – operated pump to help his heart. It allowed him to live an active life hunting, fishing, travelling and playing with his grandchildren.

Discussing how he was considering a full – scale heart transplant, he told the Telegraph last September: "I'm very lucky to be alive." » | Adam Lusher | Sunday, March 25, 2012

Al-Qaeda: Dick Cheney Calls for the Return of Enhanced Interrogation
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Harsh interrogation methods such as waterboarding played a role in tracking down Osama bin Laden and should be reinstated, former US vice president Dick Cheney said.

Another top member of the Bush administration, former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, credited the use of so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" with yielding "a major fraction" of US intelligence on al-Qaeda and called ending them a "mistake."

In one of the first acts after entering the White House in 2009, President Barack Obama suspended such methods, equating them with torture and saying they represented all that was wrong with the Bush-era "war on terror."

But the killing of bin Laden, or more exactly the way the intelligence was gathered that led the CIA to track him down, has reopened a raging controversy in the United States over their use.

Cheney, speaking on the "Fox News Sunday" program, said top intelligence officials had stated that "some of the early leads" that helped agents find bin Laden had come thanks to the harsh interrogation techniques used on terror suspects.

"All have said one way or the other that the enhanced interrogation program played a role," he said. "My guess is that's probably the case that it contributed, just as did a number of other factors."

Asked whether the methods should be reinstated if the United States were to capture a new high-value target, Cheney replied: "I certainly would advocate it. I'd be a strong supporter of it." » | Telegraph’s Foreign Staff | Monday, May 09, 2011

Cheney: Obama’s Still a One-term President

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Nigeria 'Drops Corruption Charge Against Dick Cheney'
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Corruption charges against Dick Cheney, the former US Vice-President, have been dropped after Halliburton, the oil firm he used to run, agreed to pay $250 million in fines, according to reports.

Mr Cheney, who was chief executive of Halliburton between 1995 and 2000, and three other bosses were last week charged with bribery by Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The company itself and four related businesses were also charged. It is alleged that bribes were paid to Nigerian officials to secure contracts for the construction of a liquefied natural gas plant in the Niger delta.

Nigerian newspapers reported on Wednesday that the charges had been dropped after a deal was struck with help from George H.W. Bush, the former US President. >>> Jon Swaine, New York | Thursday, December 16, 2010

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Afrikanischer Staat wirft ehemaligem US-Vizepräsidenten Korruption vor
NZZ ONLINE: Der ehemalige amerikanische Vizepräsident Dick Cheney sieht sich in Nigeria mit einer Klage wegen Korruption konfrontiert. Das Vorgehen steht im Zusammenhang mit dem Bau einer Flüssiggasanlage durch den Energiekonzern Halliburton, dessen Chef Cheney war.

Der ehemalige amerikanische Vizepräsident Dick Cheney sieht sich in Nigeria mit einer Klage wegen Korruption konfrontiert. Das Vorgehen steht im Zusammenhang mit dem Bau einer Flüssiggasanlage durch den Energiekonzern Halliburton, dessen Chef Cheney war.

Die nigerianischen Staatsanwaltschaft hat gegen den früheren amerikanischen Vizepräsidenten Dick Cheney Anklage wegen Korruption erhoben. Die Vorwürfe stehen im Zusammenhang mit dem Bau einer Flüssiggasanlage durch den amerikanischen Energiekonzern Halliburton im Süden Nigerias. Weiter lesen und einen Kommentar schreiben >>> sda | Dienstag, 07. Dezember 2010

Nigeria vs. Dick Cheney
Korruptionsvorwürfe gegen früheren US-Vizepräsidenten
Dick Cheney, Aufnahme vom Mai 2009. Bild: NZZ Online
NZZ ONLINE: Wegen Korruption will Nigeria Anklage gegen den früheren US-Vizepräsidenten Dick Cheney erheben. Als Chef des Erdölkonzerns Halliburton soll er selbst in die Bestechung nigerianischer Beamter involviert gewesen sein.

Wie ein Sprecher der nigerianischen Anti-Korruptionsbehörde, Femi Babafemi, am Donnerstag mitteilte, soll die offizielle Anklageschrift Anfang nächster Woche vorliegen. Die Vorwürfe beträfen Schmiergeldzahlungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Bau einer Flüssiggasanlage durch den US-Energiekonzern Halliburton im Süden Nigerias. Insgesamt sollen zwischen 1995 und 2005 Schiergelder [sic] von 182 Millionen Dollar geflossen sein. >>> afp | Donnerstag, 02. Dezember 2010

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Nigeria 'to charge Dick Cheney': Nigeria is to charge Dick Cheney, the former US Vice-President, over a bribery scandal that involves a former subsidiary of energy firm Halliburton. >>> Telegraph’s Foreign Staff | Thursday, December 02, 2010

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney Taken to Hospital
THE TIMES: The former US Vice President Dick Cheney was admitted to hospital overnight after experiencing discomfort, the latest health scare for the 69-year-old Republican who has a long history of heart disease.

Mr Cheney, who was vice president under President George W. Bush, was expected to remain at George Washington University Hospital over the weekend.

It was not immediately clear whether the latest hospitalisation was related to his past heart troubles, which saw the Mr Cheney suffer his fifth heart attack since 1978 in February. >>> Sophie Tedmanson | Saturday, June 26, 2010

Bush Knew Guantánamo Prisoners Were Innocent, Former Colin Powell Aide Tells Court
MAIL ONLINE: George W Bush knew that hundreds of detainees held at Guantánamo Bay were innocent - but covered the fact up for political reasons, a top former aide has told a U.S. court.

Retired Army Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, testified that officials 'knew that they had seized and were holding innocent men at Guantanamo Bay'.

'I discussed the issue of the Guantánamo detainees with Secretary Powell,' he said. 'I learnt that it was his view that it was not just Vice-President [Dick] Cheney and [Defense] Secretary [Donald] Rumsfeld, but also President Bush who was involved in all of the Guantánamo decision making.'

'They simply refused to release them out of fear of political repercussions,' he continued.

Colonel Wilkerson heaped most of his criticism on the heads of of Mr Rumsfeld and Mr Cheney, saying they knew that the majority of the 742 detainees sent to Guantánamo in 2002 were not guilty of any crimes. >>> Mail Foreign Service | Saturday, April 10, 2010

Dick Cheney Hospitalised with Chest Pains
THE TELEGRAPH: Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been hospitalised in Washington after experiencing chest pains.

His office said he was resting comfortably while doctors evaluated the situation. He reportedly received an angiogram test so that doctors could look into his coronary arteries, and the results showed he may need more treatment tomorrow.

Mr Cheney 69, who served as vice president from 2001 to 2009 under President George W Bush, has had a long history of heart problems and had a pacemaker fitted in 2001. >>> Nick Allen in Los Angeles | Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Cheney: Obama a 'One-Term' President

Dick Cheney Ex-Vice President Slams Obama Policies


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Cheney Orders 'Dithering' Obama to 'Do What It Takes to Win' in Afghanistan
MAIL ONLINE: Dick Cheney has emerged from the shadows once again to attack Barack Obama's Afghanistan strategy.

The former vice president accused Mr Obama of 'dithering' over a troop surge and urged him to 'do what it takes to win'.

He also claimed that the strategy Mr Obama announced in March bore a 'striking resemblance' to a secret review of the war conducted by the Bush administration as part of the presidential transition.

''Make no mistake. Signals of indecision out of Washington hurt our allies and embolden our adversaries,' Mr Cheney said last night while accepting an award from a conservative national security group, the Center for Security Policy.

Mr Cheney disputed claims by White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel that the Bush administration had been adrift concerning the war in Afghanistan.

Mr Emanuel said the Obama administration had to start from the beginning to develop a strategy for the eight-year-old war.

To the contrary, Mr Cheney said, the Bush administration undertook its own review of the war before leaving office and presented its findings to Mr Obama's transition team.

'They asked us not to announce our findings publicly, and we agreed, giving them the benefit of our work and the benefit of the doubt,' Mr Cheney said.

The strategy Mr Obama announced in March bore a 'striking resemblance' to what the Bush administration review had found, the vice president said. >>> | Thursday, October 22, 2009

USA: Dick Cheney verteidigt die Folter des CIA
WELT ONLINE: Der frühere US-Vizepräsident Dick Cheney kann die Kritik an den CIA-Verhörmethoden nicht nachvollziehen. Auch mit dem Vorwurf der Folter kann er nichts anfangen. Im Gegenteil: Cheney verteidigt sie sogar: „Diese Erkenntnisse haben Leben gerettet und Terroranschläge verhindert."

Der frühere US-Vizepräsident Dick Cheney hat die umstrittenen Terrorverhöre des Geheimdienstes CIA gegen Kritik verteidigt. Die Verhöre von Terroristen, die den "harten Verhörmethoden" ausgesetzt worden seien, hätten einen Großteil der Geheimdiensterkenntnisse über al Qaida geliefert, sagte Cheney in einer Stellungnahme. "Diese Erkenntnisse haben Leben gerettet und Terroranschläge verhindert", sagte Cheney. Die neue US-Regierung betrachtet die sogenannten harten Verhörmethoden als Folter.

Cheney kritisierte die Veröffentlichung eines internen CIA-Untersuchungsberichts, der unter anderem ans Licht brachte, dass Terrorverdächtige von Agenten mit dem Tod bedroht wurden, es zu Misshandlungen, Scheinhinrichtungen und zu massiven Drohungen gegen Angehörige der Verdächtigen kam. Der ehemalige Vize des damaligen Präsidenten George W. Bush sagte, die Veröffentlichung zeige, wieso so viele Amerikaner Zweifel hätten, ob die Regierung von Präsident Barack Obama der Verantwortung für die Sicherheit des Landes gewachsen sei. >>> AP/ak | Dienstag, 25. August 2009

Colin Powell Condemns Dick Cheney 'Diktats'
THE TELEGRAPH: Colin Powell, the former Secretary of State in the Bush administration, has launched an attack on former Vice President Dick Cheney and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, accusing them of issuing "diktats" that will make Republicans unelectable.

Colin Powell has attacked former Vice President Dick Cheney. Photo courtesy of The Telegraph
His stern words threatened to widen a rift within the party that was laid bare last week when Mr Cheney became the most prominent foreign policy critic of President Barack Obama, to the chagrin of moderates and to the delight of the Right.

Mr Powell, a moderate who publicly announced just before last year's presidential election he that would vote for Mr Obama, the Democratic candidate, rather than his old friend John McCain, insisted: "I am still a Republican."

The former Gulf war commander lambasted Mr Cheney for saying that he believed "Colin had already left the party" and Mr Limbaugh for saying that he'd supported Mr Obama "solely based on race" and should become a Democrat.

He told CBS television they were "not members of the membership committee of the Republican Party" arguing that the party needed to build a broad base of support rather than falling back on conservative principles.

"Rush will not get his wish, and Mr. Cheney was misinformed. I am still a Republican", he said. "I would like to point out that in the course of my 50 years of voting for presidents, I have voted for the person I thought was best qualified at that time to lead the nation. >>> By Toby Harnden in Washington | Sunday, May 24, 2009