ALL CHENEY-NO BUSH, When Gonzo Said "At Behest Of President" - He Meant Dick

[kpete]

Mueller's Chronology
by emptywheel

Did you ever notice that if you take a log recording the events regarding an illegal surveillance program, and redact the heck out of it, it looks like a chronology that a dirty fucking hippy blogger might write? Below you can read what's left of Mueller's log, with my notes. The big takeaways are:

Mueller refers to a "program," singular. Which backs up what everyone has been saying: Gonzales is a lying sack. There was one program that was the subject of a DOJ revolt, not the parsing tidbits of programs Gonzales would like to pretend there were.

All Cheney, no Bush. With the exception of the famous meeting where Mueller met Bush directly, Bush was uninvolved, at least from Mueller's perspective. Cheney, on the other hand, attended all the group meetings (though Card was in charge of twisting Mueller's and Comey's arms). And the final meeting Mueller felt the need to record was one with Cheney. Is there any doubt, then, when Gonzales say "at the behest of the President," he really means, "Dick"?

muchmore at:
http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2007/08/muellers-chrono.html

[cui bono]

1. Never any doubt for me.

He was asked point blank if Cheney ordered him to go and his answer was he went "on behalf of the president." Same question was repeated, same answer of course. And very smugly I might add.

When are they going to remove that little twerp?

[book_worm]

2. Heck, I often wonder why Dick kept the chimp on the ticket

but I guess they had to have a puppet to put forward.