Cheney has been out there ... acting as if he's running a shadow government. Maybe he is.

[phantom power]

I'd say the executive himself had better be proactive in finding that out. After finding out that Panetta wasn't told about the secret assassination squad until June, it's clear the executive branch itself doesn't know( what's hiding in the executive branch closet. (Obviously, the president didn't know about this program either or he would have told his CIA chief about it.)

It seems to me that people should be plenty worried at this point that there are other continuing Dick Cheney programs that the president doesn't know about. After all, Cheney has been out there for the last few months acting as if he's running a shadow government. Maybe he is.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/who-will-tell-president-by-digby.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. "As if . . . . ?"

[polichick]

2. I guess he's back in his bunker now that people have figured him out. nt

[elehhhhna]

3. Well, duh. CITIZEN'S ARREST!!!

[Echo In Light]

4. The "shadow govt" has been around a very long time, and continues on as usual.

It's called corporate America. The biggest threat to Rep Dem the world has ever known.

[notadmblnd]

5. And Cheney's got more than solid ties with the corporate world

Cheney has many years going back and forth between the corporate world. Why wouldn't it e feasible that he runs the shadow govt?

[Lasher]

6. Help me out...

Is it just speculation about the nature of the secret program being assassination squads or is there something more concrete?

[Soylent Brice]

7. more than likely

a LOT more than assassination squads. just ask yourself what good it is having an assassination squad around. what purpose would it serve to have such a thing? anything you can think of would lead you to your answer, most likely. it's always about money and power.

he made boatloads of money during his time as V.P.