Partial transcript from Dick Cheney's shoot-‘em-up task force:

[BuyingThyme]

Just off the NSA wire:

February 17, 2006 -- 4:55 PM ET

ARMSTRONG: I won’t lie for you, Dick.

CHENEY: I’m not asking you to lie. If they ask about alcohol, just tell 'em that there was beer at lunch.

ARMSTRONG: Yeah, but what about all of the whisky shots you chased down with that beer?

CHENEY: Believe me, they won’t ask. The easiest way to lie is to just tell the truth. If you admit to supplying the beer, they’ll only ask, “How much?” They won’t ask, “What else?” And they’re too stupid to ask whether or not I carry my own twelve-year. We do this all the time.

ARMSTRONG: And what about your hunting flask?

CHENEY: Well, as far as you know, there’s just water in there, right?

ARMSTRONG: Well, I guess.

CHENEY: Then you would be lying if you were to tell them that I was drinking and hunting at the same time, right?

ARMSTRONG: Well, I guess.

CHENEY: Heil!

ARMSTRONG: What?

CHENEY: Umm, thank you, Kate.

The record shows that Cheney was telling the truth. He only had one beer.

[BuyingThyme]

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