Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink

Washington Post:

A burst of ferocity stunned the room into silence. No other word for it: The vice president's attorney was shouting.

"The president doesn't want this! [1] You are not going to see the opinions. You are out . . . of . . . your . . . lane!"

Read the whole story: Washington Post

Comments

[tbone99]

To the brink - I'd say over the brink and flying solo. Cheney was no longer a part of a law abiding government- he'd gone the way of every other egomaniacal dictator...,laws be damned -
just THIS IS WHAT I WANT!

as you can see these revelations give the GOP so much more incentive to keep a Dem out of the W.H. than we can even guess. No wonder they are willing to say or do anything to accomplish that goal.

[demfriend]

Ok People, Cheney recently endorsed Palin. He recognizes himself in her. She i the embodiment of Bush/Cheney/Rove all mixed together in a female in a dress. The very things which make the felling of disgust roll over inside us is inside this one person. With the addition of McCain who loves Bush so much he votes like him and emulates him all he can in the amount of lies and BS he throws. I am waiting for the photo op with Mac, Palin and the multiple lobbyists walking up the road with side arms. McCain might have done a OK job of hiding his true self for years but now the man he realy is has come out and he has not honor if he ever did. Being a POW gives him no license to lie cheat and steal to win an election.

[Agent420]

There is only one reason McSongbird picked Palin and that is because he wants to poke her.

[Palemoon]

Me and some friends are toying with publishing some information we came across that involved Cheney, McCain and Palin to some degree about why she was really picked, and some of the suspicious sweetheart deals going on prior to the pick.

If it works out like I want, and we can gather more evidence, I'll make Matt Drudge look like the sppon fed idiot that he is. He never did any of his own research. But I am, and it's paying off.

[Bitsko]

Truly the most disgusting news story of the month.

[lovethesinner]

To call that a "RIVETING READ" is putting it mildly. CINEMATIC seems more appropriate. I only hope they can get it filmed in time for a late OCTOBER screening.

I know the end of the story (that Gonzales tries to strong arm Ashcroft and gets told to FO) but, I've never read anything that put Addinton's role into the picture so well. If Cheney is the "Godfather", David Addington is Luca Brazi.

But, will he "sleep with the fishes."

[tbone99]

The scene where the lawyer asks Bush's surveillence expert if she's famaliar with the code name and she's never heard of it would be where the suspenseful music comes to a screeching halt....

But in the movie the president would actually care

[xrepublican]

He wasn't 'gaming the system. HE WAS BREAKING THE LAW.

How hard is it to simply state the truth. And how hard is it to demand that he be held accountable for his behavior?

[NYCMami]

A vice-president slanted towards secrecy and strong-arming???

Palin will fit right in.

[Bitsko]

Sad to say, so true. She'll fit right in with this bunch.

[darker]

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

NO MORE YEARS for REPUBLICAN LIARS
NO MORE YEARS for Republicans who CANNOT GOVERN
NO MORE YEARS for Republican PROFITEER-WAR MONGERS

REPUBLICANS MADE A HUGE MESS!
REPUBLICANS DESERVE TO LOSE BIG.

[esquire07]

You underestimate the Ignorance of the dumbed down cable fed American populace.

[Deaninphilly]

Do not forget the ones who hang on the internets every word either. People aren't dumb they're just fed up with listening, there is a difference. But I'm sure someone who is as intelligent as yourself with your vast array of knowledge would already know that though, correct?

[BabsfromKansas]

McCain has not yet released his medical records to the public.His health is an issue of profound importance.

Call on McCain to issue a full, public disclosure of all of his medical records, available for the media and members of the general public to review.

You DON'T have to be an MD to sign the petition!!

http://therealmccain.com/

[sharonh]

Babs, in my opinion it is his mental health that is the problem. He is not required to disclose these is he? He is classic PTSD, characterized by paranoia, panic, flawed decision-making skills, outbursts of unjustified anger and even uncontrollable rage. We have all seen examples. My quess is his medical records will show a fit man for his age, with no physical defects to prevent him from taking office.

[BabsfromKansas]

I agree! I think anyone running for POTUS should have a complete mental health evaluation.

Every President and Vice-President has a physical check-up once a year and the results are made known to the public. We should know before the fact and not after the health assessment, physical and mental of all the candidates.

[Bitsko]

I'm with you there, but rich folks don't care what the rest of us think.

[Deaninphilly]

I thought he did release them months ago. I do recall it being a huge news story with all the msm at the hospital as the doctors released the records reporting as it happened.

[Grunty1]

He allowed a handful of reporters to peruse 1000+ pages of documents for 3 hours. So they were kinda sorta released, in a manner that encourages one to think he has something to hide.

[GrainOSand]

A word on named storms:
“Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The original name lists featured only women's names. In 1979, men's names were introduced and they alternate with the women's names. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2008 list will be used again in 2014. Here is more information about the history of naming hurricanes.

The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity. If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the WMO committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it.”
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml


A word or two from Ike:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY
http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/speeches/farewell_address.html

Coincidence, karma, God, natural occurrence, choose your label, but Ike said farewell with a warning and Ike comes in a season demanding change with yet another warning. Stay stuck on stupid or evacuate this wasteland of broken government harming not helping, dividing not unifying, scaring not uplifting -- its people -- We the People, or so they say.

[Agent420]

I was disappointed when they started using men's names for hurricanes, I mean have you ever heard of a hisacane?

[GrainOSand]

Woman or man a hurricane or a bad administration can screw you!

[NoSillyName]

The Mechanical Man is power mad and completely insane.

[insanityfollows]

And this is news because.....?

[forpeace]

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Excuse my language ............ f*** Cheney.

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[KathyIndiana]

I would guess that to this day George Bush thinks he's running the country, and in reality it's Cheney & Co. Bush has been a figurehead from day one, and everyone knows it but him.

[tbone99]

Since he doesn't read anything but sports pages how would he?

[Tropiholic]

why this man isn't in prison is beyond me!

[escobar]

I wait for the day he is put on trial.
If not in the USA, then by some World court for his violations of international law.
Too bad European governments and banks are run by his co-conspirators.