Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Growing Evidence of What Many Thought All Along: Cheney Has the Real Power
And he uses it.
Newsweek's cover story talks about Cheney's dark, secretive mind-set, and how he holds and uses power.
And as Rose Siding points out on Democratic Underground, the Newsweek piece discusses how the 9/11 Commission staff didn't believe Cheney's version of events -- specifically doubting he contacted Bush before ordering the shooting down of a civilian airliner (Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania).
The White House staff went nuts when they saw the Commission's draft and got it toned down. As Rose Siding says, they certainly couldn't let the world know Cheney gave the order on his own, as that would have revealed he is the real power behind the throne.
Newsweek's cover story talks about Cheney's dark, secretive mind-set, and how he holds and uses power.
And as Rose Siding points out on Democratic Underground, the Newsweek piece discusses how the 9/11 Commission staff didn't believe Cheney's version of events -- specifically doubting he contacted Bush before ordering the shooting down of a civilian airliner (Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania).
The White House staff went nuts when they saw the Commission's draft and got it toned down. As Rose Siding says, they certainly couldn't let the world know Cheney gave the order on his own, as that would have revealed he is the real power behind the throne.
