1.0 link 206883 <![CDATA[Col. Wilkerson: "Cheney Kept Some Things From the President"]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/col-wilkerson-for-nationa_b_206883.html We interviewed Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, the former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, on The Young Turks and he had some very interesting things to say. Including:

"Cheney was co-president. I'd go further than that and say that for national security issues and other critical issues Cheney was the President."
"I found the incredible arrogance and lack of humility of the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, to be stunning almost right off the bat."

Referring to the decision to abuse detainees:

"I don't...
]]> 2009-05-22T15:37:00-04:00