Dick Cheney: Articles & Commentary: 2000-2006

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The following are articles and commentary for 2000 through 2008 related to Dick Cheney.

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• Articles for 2007

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Undated

• Jan Tucker, Vice President Cheney: Armenian Holocaust Denier, Human Rights Roundup, no date.

2000

• Loyal and Experienced. Cheney a Washington insider with a long political resume, CNN Specials 2000, no date.
• George Szamuely, "W's Oil Warriors," New York Press, August 1, 2000.
• Robert Bryce, "Cheney's Multi-Million Dollar Revolving Door," Mother Jones, August 2, 2000.
• Lawrence F. Kaplan, "From Russia With Loans," The New Republic, August 7, 2000. Article links Simon G. Kukes with the Halliburton Company and Cheney.
• Kenny Bruno and Jim Vallette, "Halliburton's Destructive Engagement: How Dick Cheney and USA-Engage Subvert Democracy At Home And Abroad," EarthRights International, October 2000.
• Martin A. Lee, "Cheney Made Millions Off Oil Deals with Hussein," San Francisco Bay Guardian, November 13, 2000.

2001

• Scott Lindlaw, "GAO Investigates Cheney - Congress pressures Cheney for names," Associated Press, June 25, 2001.

2002

• Arianna Huffington, "Corporate crackdown: Will Cheney be held accountable?", Tallahassee Democrat, August 6, 2002.

2003

• Knut Royce and Nathaniel Heller, "Cheney Led Halliburton To Feast at Federal Trough," The Public i, March 16, 2003.
• Pratap Chatterjee, "Cheney's Close Ties to Brown and Root," CorpWatch, March 20, 2003.
• Pratap Chatterjee, "Halliburton Makes a Killing on Iraq War," CorpWatch, March 23, 2003.
• "Halliburton Subsidiary Wins Iraqi Oil Firefighting Contract," Associated Press, March 26, 2003:
  U.S. Army provides contract to Kellogg Brown and Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, to fight oil well first without any bidding.
• Paul Krugman, "Delusions of Power," The New York Times, March 28, 2003.
• Frida Berrigan, "Halliburton's Axis of Influence," In These Times, March 28, 2003.
• Lee Drutman and Charlie Cray,"Cheney, Halliburton and the Spoils of War," Citizen Works, April 4, 2003.
• "Cheney Sees 2.5 Mln Bpd Iraq Oil Output," Reuters, April 9, 2003.
• Gary Martin, "Democrats question oil-well fire contract," San Antonio Express News, April 9, 2003. House Democrats called for investigation into whether Bush administration contracts to rebuild Iraq favored Halliburton, once headed by Vice President Cheney.
• Richard W. Stevenson,"Cheney's Standing Increases as Plans For Election Form," The New York Times, May 8, 2003.
• Oliver Burkeman, "Cheney firm paid millions in bribes to Nigerian official," Guardian (UK), May 29, 2003.
• Documents: "Cheney Energy Task Force," Judicial Watch, July 17, 2003.
• Map of Iraqi Oilfields. Commerce & State Department Reports to Task Force Detail Oilfield & Gas Projects, Contracts & Exploration. Saudi Arabian & UAE Oil Facilities Profiled As Well, Judicial Watch, July 17, 2003.
• Barton Gellman and Walter Pincus, "Depiction of Threat Outgrew Supporting Evidence," Washington Post, August 10, 2003.
• Democracy Now! dissects some of Cheney's statements in his interview with Tim Russert on NBC's Meet the Press, September 16, 2003.
• "Cheney may still have Halliburton ties. Congressional report finds Vice President still has financial interest in his old company," CNN, September 25, 2003.
• Andrew Limburg, "Documenting the Halliburton / Cheney Crimes and Controversies," Independent Media TV, November 7, 2003.
• Franklin Foer and Spencer Ackerman, "What Dick Cheney Really Believes," The New Republic, December 1, 2003 (issue); posted November 20, 2003.
• Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff, Exclusive: "Cheney and the 'Raw' Intelligence," Newsweek, December 15, 2003: "A memo written by a top Washington lobbyist for the controversial Iraqi National Congress raises new questions about the role Vice President Dick Cheney's office played in the run-up to the war in Iraq."
• "Cheney faces prosecution: report," The Age, December 21, 2003: "A French official is examining whether to prosecute US Vice President Dick Cheney over alleged complicity in the abuse of corporate assets dating from the time he was head of the services company Halliburton, the French newspaper Le Figaro said. ... The case stems from a contract by a consortium including the American company Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), a Halliburton subsidiary, and a French company, Technip, to supply a gas complex to Nigeria..."
• How Are You, Mr. Cheney?, New York Times Op-Ed, December 22, 2003.
• Doug Ireland, "Will the French Indict Cheney?", The Nation, December 29, 2003.

2004

• Judy Keen, "Cheney says it's too soon to tell on Iraqi arms," USA Today, January 19, 2004: "Cheney said he's effective working behind the scenes and doesn't believe voters will choose the next president based on running mates. "Am I the evil genius in the corner that nobody ever sees come out of his hole?" he said. "It's a nice way to operate, actually."
• Beth Hundsdorfer, "Costello pushes hearings on Cheney," Belleville.com, January 20, 2004: "U.S. Rep Jerry Costello has called for impeachment hearings against U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during Congress' session that begins today. ... Costello questioned the award of billions of dollars of contracts to Cheney's former corporation Haliburton to extinguish fires and rebuild Iraq's oil infrastructure after the war. ... 'Can you imagine what the Republicans would be doing to a Democratic president who was a CEO of a company that now has gotten billions of dollars worth of contracts -- no-bid contracts -- without competition?' Costello, D-Belleville, was quoted as saying."
• Richard Sale, "Cheney's Staff Focus of Plame Leak Probe," UPI, February 5, 2004.
• "A cloud over Cheney," Boston Globe Editorial, February 10, 2004: "The Justice Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, French prosecutors, and the Nigerian government are all investigating allegations that a Halliburton subsidiary paid millions of dollars in bribes to Nigerian officials during the 1990s, when Vice President Dick Cheney was the Halliburton CEO. If such payments were made and Cheney approved them, he could be guilty of violating the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. If the payments were made and he did not know about them, he could not have been a hands-on leader of his conglomerate. The nation, in any case, deserves answers before it votes in November if, as President Bush has indicated, he retains Cheney as his running mate."
• Robert Cohen, "Treasury reconsiders legality of Halliburton's work in Iran," Star-Ledger (NJ), February 11, 2004.
• Sheila Samples, "Time For The Buck To Stop," Axis of Logic, February 16, 2004.
• Andrew Limburg, "Documenting the Halliburton/Cheney crimes and controversies," Independent Media TV, February 17, 2004. Reprinted by smirkingchimp.com from Independent Media TV.
• Jonathan S. Landay, "CIA director disputes Cheney assertions on Iraq," Knight Ridder News Service, March 9, 2004.
• Sheila Samples, "You play Cheney's game, you play by Cheney's rules and with Cheney's stacked deck," BuzzFlash, April 5, 2004.
• Katherine Q. Seelye, "Cheney's Five Draft Deferments During the Vietnam Era Emerge as a Campaign Issue," New York Times, May 1, 2004.
• Mike Pope, "Cheney's career is an inspiration," Tallahassee Democrat, May 1, 2004.
• Jeff Barnard, "Mondale Says Cheney Changing Role of VP," AP, May 3, 2004: "Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale said Sunday that the strong role Vice President Dick Cheney has taken in the White House is changing the way government and politics work. ... Cheney, however, has taken the power of the office to a new level, operating, in effect, with his own National Security Council, Mondale said."

2005

• Murray Waas, "Exclusive: Plame Game Over?" American Prospect, April 6, 2005.
• John Nichols, "Cheney Vs. Journalism", The Nation, June 13, 2005.
• Murray Waas, "The Meeting" "The American Prospect", August 6, 2005.
• Dan Morse, "Where the Rumsfelds Retreat, The Cheneys Soon Could Follow," Washington Post, September 5, 2005.
• Brian Ross and Richard Esposito, "Espionage Case Breaches the White House. Accused Marine Worked in Vice President's Office," ABC News, October 5, 2005. re Leandro Aragoncillo.
• Jason Leopold, "Vice President's role in outing of CIA agent under examination, sources close to prosecutor say," The Raw Story, October 12, 2005.
• Amy Goodman, "How Dick Cheney's Top Aide Misled Federal Prosecutors in the CIA Leak Case," Democracy Now!, Oct. 12, 2005.
• ReddHedd, "WHIG vs. the CIA: My Money Is On the Company, Part I," Firedoglake Blogspot, October 13, 2005.
• ReddHedd, "WHIG vs. The CIA: My Money Is On The Company, Part II," Firedoglake Blogspot, October 14, 2005.
• Murray Waas, "CIA Leak Prosecutor Focuses on Libby" National Journal, Oct. 18, 2005.
• Murray S. Waas, "Cheney, Libby Blocked Papers to Senate Investigative Panel," National Journal, Oct. 27, 2005.
• Murray Waas and Paul Singer, "Addington's Role in Cheney's Office Draws Fresh Attention," National Journal, Oct.30, 2005
• James Carroll, "Deconstructing Cheney," Boston Globe, November 7, 2005.
• Tom Turnipseed, "Dick Cheney: War Profiteer," Common Dreams, November 17, 2005.
• Jeremy Scahill, "Germ Warfare: The Second Front of Scooter Libby, Judy Miller and Dick Cheney," Common Dreams, November 17, 2005.
• Mark Preston, The Situation Room: "Cheney to raise funds for DeLay," CNN, November 21, 2005.
• Andy Ostroy, "Cheney Can't Stop Lying and Distorting the Truth About Iraq War...Even as He's Lecturing Democrats About Honesty and Integrity," The Ostroy Report, November 22, 2005.
• Robert Scheer, "Cheney's Trouble with the Truth," The Nation, November 23, 2005.
• Sidney Blumenthal, "The long march of Dick Cheney. For his entire career, he sought untrammeled power. The Bush presidency and 9/11 finally gave it to him -- and he's not about to give it up," Salon, November 24, 2005. Subscription or preview required.
• Frank Rich, "Dishonest, Reprehensible, Corrupt," New York Times, November 27, 2005.
• Murray Waas, "Key Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel," National Journal, November 30, 2005.
• Hendrick Hertzberg, "Comment: Floor War," The New Yorker, December 5, 2005.

2006

• Murray Waas, "Cheney 'Authorized' Libby to Leak Classified Information," National Journal, February 9, 2006.
• Greg Mitchell, "'National Journal': Libby Authorized to Leak by Cheney, Others," Editor & Publisher, February 9, 2006.
• "Libby: 'Superiors' Approved Leak," Associated Press/CBS News, February 9, 2006.
• Amy Goodman, "Cheney Authorized Libby to Leak Classified Information," Democracy Now!, Feb. 10, 2006.
• "Leaks," Atrios, February 9, 2006: Comparison of Bush on leaks "then" and "now".
• Toni Locy, "Libby: White House 'Superiors' OK'd Leaks," Associated Press (ABC News), February 10, 2006.
• Neil A. Lewis, "Libby Testifies Leak Was Ordered, Counsel Says," New York Times, February 10, 2006.
• Asha Puttaiah, "Libby to grand jury: 'superiors' authorized leaks of classified information," Jurist, February 10, 2006.
• John W. Dean, "Vice President Cheney and The Fight Over 'Inherent' Presidential Powers: His Attempt to Swing the Pendulum Back Began Long Before 9/11," FindLaw's Writ, February 10, 2006.
• "Senators: Cheney should be investigated if he OK'd leak," Associated Press (USA Today), February 12, 2006.
• "Cheney in the Crosshairs," On the Media, New York Public Radio, February 17, 2006.
• Dan Froomkin, "A Compelling Story," Washington Post, March 31, 2006.
• Murray Waas, "Cheney Authorized Leak Of CIA Report, Libby Says," National Journal, April 14, 2006.
• Robert Dreyfuss, "Vice Squad. They terrorize other government officials, and they’re so secretive that their names aren’t even revealed to a harmless federal employee directory. And they’ve helped ruin the country. Meet Dick Cheney’s staff," The American Prospect, May 3, 2006.
• Michelle Chen, "Cheney's Office Declares Exemption from Secrecy Oversight," New Standard News, June 7, 2006.
• "The Dark Side," PBS Frontline, June 20, 2006. Watch the full 90-minute program online in Real Player and Windows Media formats.
• Murray Waas, "Bush Directed Cheney To Counter War Critic," National Journal, July 3, 2006.
• Matthew Borghese, "Hillary Clinton Doesn't Take Cheney 'Seriously Anymore'," All Headline News, August 11, 2006.
• Opinion: "Cheney's New Low," Boston Globe, August 13, 2006.
• Editorial: "Lieberman, Cheney and the War in Iraq. The White House recognizes a vote of noconfidence," Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), August 13, 2006.
• Andrew Miga, "Lamont: Lieberman Sounded Like Cheney," Associated Press (ABC News), August 13, 2006.
• Dan Froomkin, "Did Cheney Go Too Far?" Washington Post, August 14, 2006.
• News Release: "Valerie Plame Wilson and Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson Name Successor Counsel," Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, August 15, 2006.
• Gina Keating, "Plame lawyer plans to force Cheney, Rove testimony," Reuters, August 15, 2006.
• Justin Rood, "Cheney Lawyers Up -- With Clinton Impeachment Counsel," TPM Muckraker, August 15, 2006.
• Jonathan Darman, "Campaign 2006: A Hawk Stays Aloft. The politics of terror may just keep Joe Lieberman in office," Newsweek (MSNBC), August 21-28, 2006 (issue).
• Judd Legum, "Cheney Ignores Senate Intel Report, Cites Zarqawi As Evidence of Iraq/Al Qaeda Connection," Think Progress, September 10, 2006. Includes video and transcript.
• Jamie Holly, "Cheney tells Russert he hasn't seen the Senate Intelligence Report," Crooks and Liars, September 10, 2006.
• E.J. Dionne, Jr., "Democrats Answer Cheney," Washington Post, September 12, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "Senator Reid calls on White House to stop cover-up of Cheney's Iraq lies," AMERICAblog, September 13, 2006.
• "Judge Orders Release of WH Logs Sought By 'Wash Post'," Associated Press (Editor & Publisher), October 19, 2006: "A federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to release information about who visited Vice President Dick Cheney's office and personal residence, an order that could spark a late election season debate over lobbyists' White House access." re U.S. congressional elections in 2006
• "Interrogation method's use confirmed," McClatchy-Tribune (Baltimore Sun), October 26, 2006.
• "Cheney Warns Iraq Terrorists Trying to Sway U.S. Election," Fox News, October 30, 2006.
• Raymond McGovern, "The Cheney-Gates Cabal," TomPaine.com, November 9, 2006. re Secretary of Defense nominee Robert M. Gates
• Craig Crawford, "Cheney’s Whereabouts," CQ Weekly, November 27, 2006 (issue).
• James Vicini, "Cheney to be called to testify in CIA leak case", Washington Post, December 19, 2006.

2008

• Murray Waas,"The Case of the Gonzales Notes,"The Atlantic, Sept. 26, 2008.
• Murray Waas, "What Bush Told Gonzales," The Atlantic, Sept. 26, 2008.
• Murray Waas, "Cheney's Admissions to the CIA Leak Prosecutor and FBI", Dec. 23, 2008.
• Marcy Wheeler, "Dick's Talking Points," Emptywheel, Dec. 23, 2008.
• Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "White House Views on Past 8 Years Diverge,"New York Times, Dec. 24, 2008.