News and Politics | October 15, 2007 | 3 comments

Cheney's Law

source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/cheney/

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TheRealEdwin
For three decades, Vice President Dick Cheney has waged a secretive, and often bitter battle to expand the power of the presidency. Now in a direct confrontation with Congress, as the administration asserts executive privilege to head off investigations into domestic wiretapping and the firing of U.S. attorneys, FRONTLINE meticulously traces the behind-closed-doors battle within the administration over the power of the presidency and the rule of law.
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3 comments // Cheney's Law

  • phidippides
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      phidippides  

    • This was frightening. It's nothing less than a portrait of first degree coup d'etat. Given their singular grasp on power, is there any question that, if they want to invade or assault Iran, they will? If they want to invalidate the next election, or refuse to hold it - how would that be inconsistent with this power grab? Would they be likely to hand power over to an elected president of the opposition party? Or am I being paranoid? Thank you, TheRealEdwin, for posting this. I've passed it along.

    • 4 years ago
  • twodee
  • covelogibbs
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      covelogibbs  

    • I guess it's a good idea to do a current.com search before you "make it current", as I was going to add this link. I enjoy Frontline, and PBS's website is smooth. I was annoyed with their Iraq war coverage, where they were "bleeping" out the curse words that the soldiers were saying. I kept thinking if they can't even let us hear an occasional shit or fuck, how can I believe that they're objectively covering the war, where something a lot worse might happen. What else is getting "bleeped"? I have a feeling the reporters in bed with the military are watched pretty closely. On a side note, the Frontline narrator is excellent.

    • 4 years ago
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