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Libby Trial Reveals Cheney’s Upset

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Posted on Feb 7, 2007

There can be no doubt after multiple witnesses and now audio recordings from Libby himself that the White House was hopping mad about Joe Wilson’s assertion that the administration cherry-picked intelligence to make the case for war. On the tapes, Libby describes the vice president as “upset” and “disturbed” over what he considered a political assault.


Washington Post:

Vice President Cheney and other senior White House officials regarded a former ambassador’s accusations that President Bush misled the nation in going to war in Iraq as an unparalleled political assault and, early in the summer of 2003, held daily discussions about how to debunk them, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby told a federal grand jury.

In grand jury audiotapes played yesterday during Libby’s perjury trial, the vice president’s then-chief of staff said Cheney had been “upset” and “disturbed” by criticisms from former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV that Bush had twisted intelligence to justify the war. And Libby said that Karl Rove had been “animated” by a conversation with Robert D. Novak, in which the conservative columnist told Rove he “had a bad taste in his mouth” about Wilson and was writing a column about him.

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By Steve Hammons, February 7, 2007 at 5:19 pm #
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Libby, Cheney, Bush, their neocon friends ... they are all “chicken hawks” of the worst kind.

It is a sick psychology, sending others to death and terrible injury while avoiding these risks yourself.

They pump themselves up as “macho” on the blood of others.

For more on this, see:

‘Chicken hawks’ are real and dangerous; factors are complex

Steve Hammons
American Chronicle
February 16, 2006

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=5947

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By Quy Tran, February 7, 2007 at 3:37 pm #
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Cheney had high temper because he ate to much red meat.

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By Jim Yell, February 7, 2007 at 1:12 pm #
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We know they lied, surely they aren’t so disconected that they don’t realize they lied, this seems to be apparent as they actively sought false “facts” to do what they had already decided on. The bad taste in their mouths was their own making.

Impeach Bush/Cheney it is why we have the option and everything this group of goons has done proves it is the way they should be handled. Wake up! America

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By Christopher Robin, February 7, 2007 at 12:26 pm #
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Cheney is always cranky when he doesn’t take his nap. Just dangle a new weapon system before his eyes and you’ll see that old devilish lear come back to his cheeks.

“In response to methodical questioning by Fitzgerald during two grand jury appearances in March 2004”

^ A methodical lawyer. (those are the best kind)

“Cheney’s former public affairs director,”

^Cheney has his own public relations? Has this person still retained their job I wonder? Really they still in oil corporation mode.

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