Cheney tried to stall Intel probe, senator says
Hey now, interference by the vice president into a Congressional investigation is obstruction of justice .. no matter which way you slice it.
Jan. 25, 2007 at 10:27PM
Vice President Dick Cheney tried to stall a Senate investigation into flawed intelligence on Iraq, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said Thursday.
Vice President Dick Cheney tried to stall a Senate investigation into flawed intelligence on Iraq, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said Thursday.
Rockefeller is chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. In an interview with McClatchy Newspapers, he said Cheney leaned on the former chairman, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., in an effort to delay the committee from reaching any conclusion. There was "constant" pressure on Roberts, Rockefeller said. [..]
Gah! What does a guy have to do? Shoot someone in the face?
Do you mean to tell me that they lied to us about the need to invade Iraq?!
Is it possible that they knew there were no real links between Saddam and 9/11?
Could they possibly have known that Osama bin Laden was an enemy of the secular government in Iraq?
Could they have been aware that the UN inspection teams were confident that the WMD programs had been destroyed through ten years of relentless inspections?
I'm shocked! Shocked!
And it becomes even more clear why Cheney and Rove were so intent on trying to shut up and discredit Joe Wilson....
My first reaction to Rockefeller's disclosure -- Isn't it refreshing to have a Congress that does its job and doesn't just follow marching orders from the Executive Branch?
Second reaction -- Senator Rockefeller, why are we just now finding out about this?
So you say, "We just had to go along with the Administration." No you didn't, Senator! How many people have died and suffered because Congress members didn't speak up? No excuses Senator. Like Sen. Hagel said, "If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes."
No one can convince me that Iraq wasn't about oil all along. Osama's 9/11 gave them their foot in the door. (I wonder what they were cooking up before 9/11 happened?) Think back about how quickly they turned away from Afghanistan and toward Iraq .. as soon as they had the troop levels they thought they needed. Mission Accomplished.
When JudicialWatch.org finally got a court order to see documents from Cheney's secret 2001 energy meetings, all the seeds were there.
CHENEY ENERGY TASK FORCE DOCUMENTS FEATURE MAP OF IRAQI OILFIELDS
Wags are calling Cheney George Bush's impeachment insurance. I know our forefathers made allowances for screw-ups like George W. Bush when they crafted the Constitution .. but did they anticipate someone even worse than the screw-up, like Cheney, at the helm?
Hmmm .. maybe that's why we have the "right to bear arms"....
