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Wednesday, 17 October, 2007
The Dark Side
I actually watched some non-baseball TV last night, and it wasn't even in highdef. It was on PBS: The Dark Side.
After 9/11, Vice President Richard Cheney seized the initiative. He pushed to expand executive power, transform America's intelligence agencies and bring the war on terror to Iraq. But first he had to take on George Tenet's CIA for control over intelligence.
Not much new information, but it was nice to see it all in a concise summary.
Dick's wife didn't like it, though: Lynne Cheney Falsely Attacks PBS Documentary As One-Sided,' ёPredictable,' And A Hit Job'.
While Cheney is complaining about Frontline's supposed "one-sided" report, she neglects to mention that neither Vice President Cheney nor his Chief of Staff David Addington agreed to be interviewed for the documentary. Their point of view is expressed, however, by former Office of Legal Counsel lawyer John Yoo, who had an integral hand in formulating the legal basis for Cheney's policies.