NBC's Pete Williams worked for Cheney

[realFedUp]

http://www.workingforchange.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=42CA4708-D0AB-EDCC-7A5F370C730B573A

(no wonder he's been such a shill for Cheney/Libby over
this indictment)

Cheney-Staffer-Turned-Reporter Now Covering Libby Indictment for NBC News

Over at the Huffington Post, Dan Carol asks a great question: how can NBC's Pete Williams be allowed to cover the Scooter Libby story for the network, considering Williams was a longtime former staffer for Dick Cheney?

That's right – according to Williams' biography on NBC's website, Williams is "a native of Casper, Wyoming" – where Cheney is from. In 1986, Williams "joined the Washington, DC staff of then Congressman Dick Cheney as press secretary and a legislative assistant. In 1989, when Cheney was named Assistant Secretary of Defense, Williams was appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs."

Now Williams is being allowed to report on the indictment of Cheney's chief of staff for NBC News, as if he was just a regular old nonpartisan objective journalist. And, as Carol points out, Williams seems to be using his position on TV in some pretty questionable ways when it comes to the case.

Sources:
Dan Carol's post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-carol/reassign-nbcs-pete-willi_b_9814.html
Pete Williams' NBC biography:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3689493/

[Punkingal]

1. Washington....

is just so damn INCESTUOUS!

[LiviaOlivia]

2. When I lived in Casper, Wyo

I took dance classes and Williams was in one of them. He was the local TV newsreader and thought himself quite the star. I thought he was an arrogant fucker back in the day. He hasn't changed other then leaving a wife and child to come out of the closet. This was about 23 years ago. I commend him for coming out but his partisan politics and arrogance are still disgusting.

[realFedUp]

3. that's good skinny...thanks for sharing! nt

[IndianaGreen]

4. Explains why he kept bemoaning the fact that the investigation took

2 years and it only found technical violations of perjury. Williams was also repeating the talking point about how difficult it is to remember a conversation when one is so busy on other matters.