Anybody want to clue in Reuters about the "unidentified" third hunter?

[Stephanie]

lol!

White House under fire in Cheney shooting accident

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060213/pl_nm/cheney_accident1_dc_1

By Patricia Wilson 56 minutes ago

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"The vice president spoke with Mrs. Katharine Armstrong, and they agreed that she should make that information public. She was an eyewitness. She saw what occurred and she called her local paper to provide those facts," McClellan said.

Armstrong said it wasn't until Sunday that she telephoned the Caller-Times. She did not notify the national media or the White House press corps.

McClellan declined to say if he was satisfied with the way it was handled.

"You can always look back at these issues and look at how to do a better job," he said.

McClellan said he found out that Cheney was involved at 6 a.m. on Sunday and urged that information be made available as quickly as possible.

According to Armstrong's account, she saw the incident from a car while Cheney, Whittington and another hunter got out of the vehicle to shoot at a covey of quail. As Whittington went to retrieve a bird he had shot, Cheney and the unidentified hunter spotted a second covey.

Whittington came up behind and failed to signal that he was there or announce himself, which is proper protocol for hunters. Cheney, an experienced hunter, fired his shotgun without realizing that Whittington had approached the group.

[izzie]

1. Since the WH always tells lies I am sure this one is.

Bush has been telling lies since before he got into office. Face it their is more to this than we are being told. By the way why are tax payers who can not pay for their health ins. paying for this MASH team to travel with the Vice or is he paying for it?

[zanne]

2. I think most people realize that when the White House speaks....

They have to take it with a grain of salt. Now, people tune in to see what Scotty Mclellan will come up with, not the truth.

[0007]

11. You have hit the nail on the head.

[Missy M]

3. Cheney must be a womanizer and cheater because the....

unidentified person is a female (that is what Bill Clinton would be called if some female had been around). Poor Whittington, it's all his fault he got himself shot!!!

[Historic NY]

4. Must have been some big assed bird............

sneaking up on Dickey Poo........How does one sneak up on the VP?

If your gun is down range, common sense says you approach from behind. It sounds like they were out in the woods before the lawfully safe and accepted time of 6 am, when there is some visible light.

[Tanuki]

5. Have Jeff Gannon's whereabouts

been accounted for on the day in question?

[Stephanie]

7. we know it was the blonde and lithesome American ambassador to Switzerland

Now if only somebody could explain what she was doing there!

[LiberalAndProud]

6. Gee I almost feel sorry for Scotty.

They keep making messes and sending him out to explain them.
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

[bostonbabs]

8. Wait a minute

....Cheney and the woman( her picture was on Firedoglake I think) a former Ambassador form Texas is blonde ( like Lynn) and pretty ( unlike Lynn) were hunting together....hello hello hello.....when she was interviewed she mentioned her husband who was NOT on the "hunting trip"......please....and of course Lynn was awol........hey....I know hes the veep....but this story wouldn't hold up on my street.

[Ilsa]

9. I wonder if anyone here can access travel records on

Pamela Willeford to see if she was rushed out of town Saturday night?

[genie_weenie]

10. Was the unidentified third hunter on a grassy knoll or something?

He must have shot Whitington!