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7/7/2013

Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency is a book by Washington Post investigative reporter Barton Gellman, published in 2008

gov keating did ream of pprwk even tho not really in running? FEDsoc fred

vp do not run trans team; nel rockefeller boxed in

RRear (lenin?) personnel is policy p35 o'neil for tras, josh b for powell; spencer abr, ctw worked for dc in rmn admin; norton veneman; paul hoffman  dep asst F&W fmr cd state dir for dc in wyo

libby student of wolfo, only 2 to onjecty to end of gulf 1

josh bolten GS

dc voted ag est dept of ed

dc sat in rep sen conf (last guyt otry was lbj fail VP

rino mod squad chaffeee, snow, collins, jefforsd vt, pvt pt b/c sen bal, useful for dc; laid doen law; trillion$ tax cut, up mil, kill kyoto, it'l crim ct p 63 abm; 2 quit gop, 1 lost, another humbled in own cpmm 65

pal with gramm since 82 defection, also pal of greenspan, often 1:1 w/o b2

supply side means boost production not consumption : envent, entre, constucvtion thus big capital 73

chafee head of ed comm, req state to do sp ed but never gave 70%$ promised , navt vet, VT demanded 450M from tax cut $, threat to switch party thus tip maj

may 24 2001 did it, dsacle maj leader

b2 did not want consensus but finality

ch4: energy in the executive

dc got whatever he wanted in terms of scope asked for enrgy , mistake to think as nichepet pjt of vp past; allwed him to redefine bdy between pres v legis and reg v mkt p 81

since mid 70's leg and ct grab pwr, and agencies go rogue 82

brk mo of climate 82 v sept 29 2000 b2 sp to ctr AGore: so2, nO, CO2 82 on ALL pwrplants; ctw G8, wrotye memo on plane home encoutraging b2 to continue b/c of for relat

Mr 1 haley memo energy lobby "eco-extremism" on CO2, most $ to reg ;  Mr 6 CTW sent plea to b2; Mr 8 dc staffers Cesar Conda, Karen Knutson and A Lundquuist 4pp plan to 180; pivot is too soon to act, we need more sci study! 84 tried to look like morph not 180 alt is "innovative proactiove approach vs 2 studies: ipcc and National Assessment Synthesis Team, offocials told task force to ignore 2 wd be "portrayed as fundemental assualt on sci" p 85

ctw did not see 4pp or barbour memo but bad vibe; she used to blow past the palce guard chit Mr 9 [b2 had promised no interfere from CEQ] got appt tues, slaved on ppt; before she met on 13th DC took b2 ready to sign reply to 4 sen 85

dc pol is to do the process, but now he said vp is elected just like pres is, so i do what i think is right [decider?]

pres ford wanted to be the hub; dc sdtaff gave him bike whl w/ i spoke 87

b2 might 180 b/c kytoto lopside vote 88

180 on CO2 b/c not a pollut under CAA

bs apol to ctw for moving w/o her, but DC convinced him of crisis, tho own docs show none 89

ctw went to cony (and card?) rice called c powell who headed right over, but too late 90 CP said let's work w. allies on CO2 anyway later

b2 order to vp was conservation and more energy, but cd derided cons as perwonal virtue 90 tho karen hughes urged him to "green it up" 90 mkt will take care of conservation when prices go up 91 [but goal of increase supply is to prevent that?]

b2 loved to hear about new technol but dc just boost supply and "practically' that's coal, oil and k=nuke, hobbbled for decades by regs eg anwr; dc drilled knutson on new technol so he cd ctrarg 91

hillary rx task force hurt by open, so dc had dave add figure way around 91: make all members part of exec branch (but he cd still meet w/ all lobbyists)

James J Rouse, vp exxon $ inaug fund; ken l; duke, fla light and pwr, el paso

apr 4 was green day, dc not 92 spend 1/2 time on intros; Lundq said if he heed, fired

4 yrs later oil exec still denied attending, incl rouse; dems threatened liars, but no action; spr 2001 2 hse comms, gao and outsides sent formal demands for info 93 lunq said give, dc cut him off; tho cost high, defend exec prov, sold to b2

dc gave much $ away to prevent appear of confl of intr 94

f/u to leahy on halib iraq contracts

stealth tactical advantage

unitary exec indvisible thus no oversight 96  framers have all 3 brances have a role in all; in vogue in RR, but they did it

Fed no 70 but DC distorts; post weatergate limits list p 100

GAO compt gen David Walker sent demand ltr, backed off a bit but still threat to sue 1st in 81 yrs 105 big mtg w. rove et al, nothing sacry in docs but fight anway tho burn capital 105: arg that congress has NO right for ANY info not public, thus ct had no role; ct sidestepped and Jud WATCH JUMPED IN 106, FAILED BUT GOT BARB MEMO AND IRAQI OIL INFO; judge (b2 ally0 orderd pvt showing of docs,dc refused,amazing 2nd front on jud ; scotus sht circuit writ of mandamus, declined but found technical rason to send back to lower ct; another set back and case died--DC had not won on legal gd but basically sytmied GAO.

the enrgy pol bit that needed congr all died; all done thru exec (no energy bill till end of 2005)

wiki

Cheney designed a questionnaire for top sec 39 q, his had 200 in 79 cats p 8)[rhenq jew conenant][vaiver for any inq no end datehired chatham and watkin, and son in alw  pj perry][weasel on his own health][no one ever say DV $ recs, only hios opwn doc saw rx]dc has own archovist for years pvt? p 23for Vice Presidential candidates to fill in and sign, and insisted the candidates sign waivers allowing him complete access to their medical and psychiatric records, FBI files, financial files, and IRS returns.[1] Included was a question regarding whether there was anything that could be used to blackmail the respondent. Cheney did not fill in his own questionnaire; according to Gellman, this is "contrary to what the campaign said at the time"[5]

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quite a lot of pretty explicit intel on al-q pre-911 , armed predator drone avail; aug 6 Bin Laden determ to strike US; dc and wolfie disputed, so Bin Laden Threats arte Real" doc, no time or place, but surveil NYC and hijack 110-1. drone not used b/c no one wd pay 3m$ if it was lost 112. 3 congr hearings sched on prepare, deal cut that b2 wd handle iof call off; promised to chair NSC mtg but no. 112  dc hustled off to bunker but cd have been killed in WH; less thanhr later called Addongton, who later called tim flanigan dep wh lawyer dc ally[clerk for burger stricr consrtruct, b1, unitary, fedsoc had been chf of doj Off legal Councel, = scots of exec branch 133 (rhenq and scalia alums) referess between agencies, now Yoo; plenary pwe spin on unitary; addington help and gonzales ceded war law 136  Bellinger called add on it, threatened; sweep electr comm (line crossed between surveil ppl suspected of wrong vs sifting to find suspects 145 Hayden went along; nickname in 1st term Dark side; 2007 dressed dog as lord sith 161 then hayden and taft on list for ~; endruns around rice and pwl, so went to gonz; bellinger found all his memoes to his boss bcc's to dc

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oregon water diversion, loss state by 1/2 one precent in 2000 p 196 3 fish threat, Roger marzulla lawyr for farmers, open a hatchery for coho; other right whales, cut-throat trout

hoff tied to get Yellowstone off world herit site list 198 to allow coal planr Bull mtn (such req 5x) DC many invis effects on air, water etc etc b/c BC exec order 12866 that gave vp more power 198 B2 expanded 2002 and 2007 to poluict, nit just regs 199 but deleted the term VP in order to get rid of reporting req, worked via OMB incl PJPerry; KK says ESA ran by dc, yuvva mtn, got around road ban by calling fire safety 199 ""proces' meant DC got to approve anency actions

bob smith had been on hse int cvomm w/ dc ex Ore congr, said water was prop issue but actually oppsite; wanted gov intervention [to give cheap water] NAm wanter water uostream to fish;  NA and ES shd get 1st shot: priority date: "time immemorial" 201

b/c of of jefford defection gop needed senate seats, Ore Gordon Smith vulnerable.  Rove and WH Off Pol Affairs got on klamath

but bunch of agy involved, so norton dep CoS got oversee gig 202; wooldridge claime no directive, just k questions, how much discretion; every week after conda and boss Ron Christie finisn dc brief, he asked Klam; farmers blowtorch h=gates 203clashed with marshals, K T Party may 2001 militia from Mont, ID, MI, nevada for Freedom Day august

ctw and dc worked for rummy in rmn admin, he got her epa job 204 pushed her CAA changes; "new source review" when plants upgraded 205 BC busted for passing off changes as maint sue and $; mid-2000's halib did study on hobble, secret TF took same view, all round table ppl nod; dc tried to take nsr from ctw to doe, webt to card for backup, went to ind w. fee for carbon/cap & trade instead, no takers bc dc do for free 206 ctw told dc to doc cahnges b/c going to ct [they have to cya?] ctw took 2 syacks clipping to b2; 2 in on arsenic blowback and bigger one on air rollback proposed; backfired b/c damn the torpedoes/public opinion we will not gov by polls 207 odd formula of Potential" pollution if it ran 24/7? also repair defined as 20%, so rebuild a plant in 5 yrs 208, ctw could not sogn off so quit, she right ct tossed 20%; Eric Schaeffer chf epa Off reg Enforce bc 9 co's he sued put out 5 mill tons SO2 2 mil ton NO killed 10K ppl year uncontested, most ready to settle new rules not done bty near end of term, dragged out 30 yrs.

God squad (7 ppl) could ~ ESA but bad pr, so attack science, did not even have to win on sci to get his way 209  tough b/c academics not under control and no bias; norton called NAS, dc joined and all any jumped; dc change q: how sure are we fish will die? 211 cd not be sure that more water alone would save? contiv b/c sci not supposed to consider economic impact; B2 ND ROVE FLEW TO oR W/ GOOD NEWS 212 feb BIA released water tho co-author said move was not supported by study, norton did foto op; ten year plan (mystery new water src) had ~ info deleted by Pol appt [cooney?] ct ruled plan did nothing for fish till year 9, all dead by then 213 sept 02 1st of 77k kill coho but also chinook, mult factors but wd not happen if water not down, and only controllable factor; if not done this wat irt wd be another 213 ch 8 end

dick army armadillo boots, 94 takeover 97% ACU, became pivot on gulf2; dc said suitecase nuke, saddam w/ al-q

wurmser beut mind, feith f=gave office in pentagon, sec clear got own group w/ Wm Luti dc staff to oversee

dc met w. baby shah irahn

--2nd tax cut more dc control than 1 256 674$bill

supply isde 1974 Laffer, g=had defended volker for SS in '83 admitted later RR tax cuts did not work 259 sep 04 P O'n ~ 3rd cut 12/5/02 fired; Lindsey said cost iraq war 1-2% gnp = 200B$ shitstorm, but 4x by end of term. may 2003 tax bull pass w/ dc tiebreaker, big cap gains break

ch 11 NSA

DC TOLD CONGR NDA LAWYERS OK'D olny time vp ever launched intel op 282

pgm needed ashcroft sign every 45 days, adter yoo gone Patrick Philbin fedsoc did pprwk write gitmo w/ yoo, clerked for larry silberman, thomas //yoo, got award rummy; goldsmith freaked;ashcroft recused self, Comey sin by appt indep counsel "Cuomey" nickname 291 goldsmith afraid to b=say no b/c if teror killed ppl his fault  OFF Legal C backed JA, refused to sign again 293 unless changes made. Comey found dc doing mtg w. congr, tried to get invite but refused 300 no staff, no notes 4 dems 4 gop said ok gonz saiys they were told about legal problems, dascl and harmon say not 301 JA wife blocked calls, but b2 got thru to hosp, stuck tongue when AC and gonz retreat ; goldsmith called his dep ed whelan; comey called ted olson...dc told b2to take the pol hit, but warrentless wiretap led to rmn impeach 312 addign t did end run by putting gonz sig line when JA needed, b2 signed ; comey quit, got f/u memo from gonz but prolly add wrote; mass resignation publicize actions, whole pt was to keep secet so 180 tho prety much all quts were into unitary

ch 13

wh trying to ram thru jud appt, force dems to end flr debate [vs secet hold?] irq war bad, pop rate driops, dc leads; dc forced to visit katrina, fired browenie did not know what job was

olson unitary; add pal haynes but yoo gone ; zelikow tried to close gtmo, lasted 8 hrs

scotus cands, b2 wanted hist minority/woman; list 4 white guys 1 woman incl roberts alito; most // dc aff action unscpnst; one sided w/ power co on new src [who?] others wilkensoniii, luttig and edith brown clement; steve schmidt comm dir ran the camp for oconnor seat

4 reporters told about plane to reporters; rove, ari fl, armitage and libby, others copped fast enough, but dc was scotter's source so had to lie/stall...

dc lawyers wrote exec order 13233 hobble WH docs to historians by broaden exepmtion and incl VP; dc , libby and add made up a new designation: Teared As: SECRET/SCI" 392

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From news sources about the book, with quotes of the book itself:

Cheney lobbied Richard Armey with information that had no basis in contemporary intelligence information. Armey's stand against giving George W. Bush authority to wage war in late 2002 had attracted congressional Democrats to support his opposition; Armey's opinion had become critical to the congressional vote required for war. The vice president's assertions were delivered to Armey alone in a highly classified briefing in Room H-208 in the Capitol Building, reports Gellman. They "crossed so far beyond the known universe of fact that they were simply without foundation."[1] Armey said Cheney misled him by saying that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had direct personal ties to al-Qaeda terrorists and was making rapid progress toward a suitcase nuclear weapon.

Cheney said, according to Armey, that Iraq's "ability to miniaturize weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear," had been "substantially refined since the first Gulf War," and would soon result in "packages that could be moved even by ground personnel." Cheney linked that threat to Saddam's alleged personal ties to al Qaeda, Armey said, explaining that "we now know they have the ability to develop these weapons in a very portable fashion, and they have a delivery system in their relationship with organizations such as al Qaeda."[1]

Armey said he reversed his position after Cheney told him that the threat from Iraq was actually "more imminent than we want to portray to the public at large."[1]

   Confidential information provided by former Republican governor Frank Keating to Cheney to fill out Cheney's questionnaires was later leaked to Newsweek.[1][4] Said Keating to Gellman; "Dick Cheney coming into my life has been like a black cloud".

   The heart surgeon who cleared Cheney for the Vice Presidency neither met Cheney nor reviewed his medical records.[1][4]

   While George W. Bush was in a schoolroom reading The Pet Goat to children, Cheney ordered the Air Force to shoot down other potentially hijacked passenger planes after the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked; it was later claimed that Bush had previously given an order to do so, and Cheney merely followed it. Gellman's book offers new evidence that that was not the case.[6]

Cheney instituted a warrantless surveillance program without notifying the FBI or the CIA.[7]

"Hayden has this sort of famous, or famous in Washington, briefing device. He draws a Venn diagram with three overlapping ovals: one of them is what they would love to be able to do, one is what they’re technically capable of doing, and one is what’s legal. And what he says is, you know, “Where we work is right in the space where those three ovals intersect.” And Cheney tells him, “Suppose that third oval wasn’t there. Suppose you were not constrained by the law. And he is not saying, “Let’s break the law.” He’s saying, “Let’s suppose there were no legal restriction. Then what would you do?” And he does not go in the direction of asking for a change in the law. He presses the interpretation that, as commander-in-chief in wartime and because intelligence gathering is inherent in war, Bush doesn’t have to follow the explicit prohibitions in two felony statutes on warrantless surveillance, that Bush, as commander-in-chief, can simply override those and override them secretly.” -Barton Gellman[4]

   Threats of mass resignation by White House staff in response to the "plans to unilaterally adopt a program of torture and domestic spying that the Justice Department, FBI, Office of Legal Counsel and the lawyers for all the intelligence agencies believed was illegal."-LA Times[3] caused Bush to curtail Cheney's power within the administration.[3][8]

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