Obama Extends Cheney's Secret Service Protection

[babylonsister]

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/07/10/obama-extends-cheneys-secret-service-protection.html

Obama Extends Cheney's Secret Service Protection
July 10, 2009 03:00 PM ET

By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers


There appears no end in sight for when Dick Cheney, a rare former vice president with Secret Service protection, will lose his security detail. Whispers has learned that the political battler's Secret Service protection has been extended, though there were no details on the length. We don't know why President Obama OK'd the extension, which must be approved by the commander in chief because former veeps typically don't get any Secret Service security after leaving office. But indications are that the threats against Cheney, who's working on his biography at his homes in Virginia and Maryland, haven't lessened since his term expired.

[BlooInBloo]

1. The last thing we need is some nut doing something stupid and Obama getting blamed for it.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. since he is out of office and rich why doesn't he pay for his own security?

how much are we paying per day for this?

[havocmom]

8. Frankly, I don't mind paying the SS to keep an eye on, er, out for, dick

Makes a lot of sense, all things considered ;)

[lunatica]

2. I'm sure he needs it, being so popular and all...

Must keep his fans away!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. The taxpayer funds Cheney while he writes his books?

and we complain about giving money to banks!

[babylonsister]

5. Maybe they want to keep an eye on him at all times in case they need

his presence...somewhere.

Seriously, it wouldn't do to have any kind of violent attempt tried on him. Not worth it!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

13. I suppose we might be able to find him when he 'does a runner'

[Jennicut]

6. I think Gore had his for a year so its not that unusual in recent times

[3waygeek]

7. There may be an ulterior motive here...

should Cheney be indicted at some point, it'd be easier to take him into custody if the Secret Service has agents assigned to him.

[BlooInBloo]

9. Heh.

[csziggy]

23. +10

[fadedrose]

10. I bet they're watching Cheney, who just might leave the country..

if anything develops with this private CIA assassination squad.

[Cha]

11. I thought all the sicko nuts were followers

of the dick and bush..why would they want to kill cheeeeney, the fuckin' idiot?

[DebbieCDC]

12. Let him pay for his own security

Can't he fucking afford it?

[avaistheone1]

20. Cheney should be in jail What a farce that his protection is being extended.

[Fire1]

14. I can just imagine why. n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. Let him pay for his own damn security.

The *^%$#& has no one to blame but himself for the ill feelings towards him.

[Clio the Leo]

16. I suspect the President knows......

... how much it angers your enemies when you do something kind for them. It makes their ulcers grow another 10%. ;)

[havocmom]

17. And it's sorta like house arrest

with travel vouchers.

[donheld]

18. Wouldn't it be cheaper, easier and safer for Cheney if

They just put him back in his secret bunker, locked the door and threw away the key?

[donheld]

19. Wouldn't it be cheaper, easier and safer for Cheney if

They just put him back in his secret bunker, locked the door and threw away the key?

[scheming daemons]

21. Anybody that bashes Obama for this is an idiot

If some nutjob were to assassinate Cheney, and it was learned that Obama refused to let Cheney have Secret Service protection even after knowing of the threats against him, then Obama would be an accessory.

You're an absolute Obama bashing idiot, willing to bash Obama for anything and everything without regard for rational thought, if you criticize the President for this one.

[BobTheSubgenius]

22. Isn't there an approval rating so low that, upon reaching it, you just keep over dead?

[Phx_Dem]

24. Who gives a shit. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

25. Is this another sign that .......

..... a special prosecutor is about to be appointed to look into what Cheney et al have allegedly done?

If the poop is about to hit the fan, and knowing that vigilate justice is never the answer, is it possible the President is possibly protecting Cheney from a future threat from left-wing whack jobs? (and yes, we have some too lol) Or perhaps those working with/for the very people that Cheney wanted the CIA to murder?

hmmmmm.............

[Hutzpa]

26. They need to keep him on deathwatch

we don't want anything happening to the former Vice President,
especilly great man as that.

[Moochy]

27. You know where he'd be very safe?

Aren't there some facilities still open where he can be held under an indefinite detention?