The Cheney Affair
By Ted Lang
Exclusive to Rense.com
7-16-7

Now that mainstream media bias is an established fact and recognized as
such by the mainstream reading and viewing public, the revelation of
Vice President Dick Cheney's total unilateral control over all levels
and branches of American government has not only raised eyebrows and
concerns of dictatorship, but for those politically astute, begs the
question as to why theWashington Post would be the journalistic vehicle
to publish the four-part June 24 through June 27 series exposing this
reality.

The Post's publisher, Donald E. Graham, has once again participated in
the annual secret Bilderberg conclave, the latter the principal
organizational player whose membership is made up of extremely
high-level international bankers, mass media publishers, corporatists in
both the oil industry and the military-industrial complex, and other
principal international political movers and shakers. Bilderberg's
primary objective is a one world global government, the New World Order.
And the NWO will be phased in via the European and then the North
American Union.

Is it safe to say that the most recent Bilderberg
<www.bilderberg.org/2007.htm>meeting, held in Istanbul May 31 to
June 3rd, considered the most vital issues confronting future global
government? And of course, those issues would have been 1) Iraq, and 2)
Iran. It is clear that American, British and Israeli control over Mid
East oil is definitely on the agenda in their lockstep, jackboot march
to deliver US all to the New World Order. This triumvirate is the
world's "real axis of evil."

Mountain ranges of corporate money have been provided to Congress by
lobbyists and corporatists representing the oil industry, military
weapons contractors, AIPAC, banking and media interests, to not only buy
into American government, but to where their "investments" have now
facilitated total control of America. They have replaced what was once
reserved as the exclusive representative domain of the people of the
United States, which allowed the latter their collective voice in
government.

And the people's representatives, after abandoning America's interests,
have turned over congressional war-making powers to Bush, who has in
turn delegated virtually all of his presidential duties to Vice
President Richard B. Cheney. And Cheney-Bush are profiting personally
via heavy investment interests in oil and an oil support industry giant
[Halliburton].
Constitutionally speaking, the Office of Vice President of the United
States of America has no duties. This inefficate position in the
executive branch serves only as President of the Senate, and then
functions legislatively only in an extremely narrow capacity to break a
deadlocked vote. Complaints about the "do-nothing" status of the vice
president's role and function date back toAmerica's first Vice
President, John Adams.

Considering the absence of constitutionally mandated responsibilities,
it should be clear that at least from a regulatory and legal standpoint,
there's little to nothing a vice president can do wrong; he has,
basically, no executive branch functions. And it is for this reason that
Congressman Dennis Kucinich's House Resolution 333, seemed at first, to
be a wrong-headed exercise in partisan politics hand wringing.

But that was before the Washington Post launched its four-part series.
The Post is a nationally recognized bastion of the American mass media.
It is the paper of
<www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...tergate
fame, the paper of Bradlee, Bernstein and Woodward. And considering all
that the Cheney-Bush regime has done to launch NWO, the attempted
legalization of Mexican illegals, the private "negotiations" between
Bush and the heads of Canada and Mexico to dissolve totally our borders
to create a North American Union, the United States' unilateral
abolition of the Geneva Conventions and other international treaties
ensuring and protecting the sovereignty of independent nations, why
would Graham's Washington Post now attack Bilderberg's "dream team?"

Obviously, something is up with the planners and conspirators
maneuvering the human race into a one world global government. The Post
series, written by staff writers Barton Gellman and Jo Becker, would
never have been allowed off the ground and would have never been
accorded so much focus unless it was sanctioned and possibly even urged
by the Bilderbergs. And consider the appearance of the series so shortly
after the latter's annual secret meeting. So what's up?
It can only be speculated since the movement for global government is so
secret. That is why everything the Cheney-Bush crime machine does is a
matter of "national security." 9/11 was indeed an inside job perpetrated
by Cheney-Bush; it is the source of their unlimited dictatorial power.
But if they arranged 9/11, why the suspension of our Bill of Rights and
why the intense spying on Americans? The answer is obvious: they fear
Americans will find out, organize, and plan an armed rebellion.

They do not fear al Qaeda, because al Qaeda doesn't exist, or at least
it didn't exist in terms of planning and executing 9/11. No, Cheney-Bush
intend to enslave America, strip it of its national identity, and serve
US all up to the New World Order. Multizillionaire international banker
David Rockefeller has already admitted to the latter effort.

Apparently, something has happened to interfere with the bankers' plans
and schedule. Perhaps Cheney-Bush have provided too much evidence of
their criminal and treasonist intentions, and the threat of an armed
rebellion is now looming larger than ever. Perhaps a military coup is in
the wind. Or perhaps, the unpopularity of the Cheney-Bush dictatorship
is causing even the world conspirators to fractionalize. Whatever it is,
something must be up to have triggered the Gellman-Becker series.

The exposé has now provided solid evidence that Cheney is running the
show and is therefore definitely impeachable. As Bruce Fein, a
constitutional lawyer and a former associate deputy attorney general
under Ronald Reagan wrote in his June 27th article, "Impeach Cheney" and
posted in
<www.slate.com/toolbar.aspx "Under
Dick Cheney, the office of the vice president has been transformed from
a tiny acorn into an unprecedented giant oak. In grasping and exercising
presidential powers, Cheney has dulled political accountability and
concocted theories for evading the law and the Constitution that would
have embarrassed King George III."

Fein continues: "The most recent invention we know of is the vice
president's insistence that an executive order governing the handling of
classified information in the executive branch does not reach his office
because he also serves as president of the Senate. In other words, the
vice president is a unique legislative-executive creature standing above
and beyond the Constitution. The House judiciary committee should
commence an impeachment inquiry. As Alexander Hamilton advised in the
Federalist Papers, an impeachable offense is a political crime against
the nation. Cheney's multiple crimes against the Constitution clearly
qualify."

During the Clinton administration, Bill Clinton "wrote legislation" via
executive orders. The opposition's beef at the time was that such
presidential fiat executive orders were not national law, but were
instead confined to operational directives within the executive branch
alone. Now Cheney explains his vision that executive orders do not apply
to the executive branch of government, and if they do, they don't apply
to him because he has decided he isn't in the executive branch of
government. That's not what is written in the Constitution. His arrogant
defiance of the United States Constitution and an executive order that
applies directly to him constitute the very political crimes attorney
Bruce Fein pointed out were in violation of the rule of law of this
nation.

And although the Gellman-Becker Post series started out promisingly
enough, and in spite of the fact that it still evidences a refreshing
air of professional journalism, Part I of the series defining Cheney's
criminal dictatorial control gives way later in the series to a
condoning tone and a dimension of approval articulating Cheney's
exceptional talent in cutting through the mire of government bureaucracy
red tape to arrive expeditiously at common sense solutions. The plight
of the Klamath basin farmers in opposing the federal Environmental
Protection Agency, a cause resoundingly favored by "conservatives" who
hate the bureaucratic stupidity of big government, was presented by the
"liberal" Washington Post as a case in point as to Cheney's astonishing
and beneficent vision. Huh?! Championing the rights of individuals
trying to earn profits over caring, compassionate, Big Brother
government is now a cause for the Washington Post?

As stated, the series does indeed expose Cheney's dictatorial control,
but before the series is over, this dictatorial control is offered up as
"good" dictatorship. Perhaps this is the real purpose of the series, to
admit to Cheney's total control of America, but to blunt its horror and
danger by pointing out evidence of beneficence. And considering that no
more mention of this horrible anomaly in American government can be
found anywhere in the mass media, it would seem that its timing and
shock effect would wear off quickly given the newspaper mentality and
short collective memory of the American public. Again, it is most
difficult to surmise the real intent of the series.

Part I is the most shocking in terms of describing how one individual
controls ALL in American government. Here's an example from the opening
paragraph: "Just past the Oval Office, in the private dining room
overlooking the South Lawn, Vice President Cheney joined President Bush
at a round parquet table they shared once a week. Cheney brought a
four-page text, written in strict secrecy by his lawyer. He carried it
back out with him after lunch.

In less than an hour, the document traversed a West Wing circuit that
gave its words the power of command. It changed hands four times,
according to witnesses, with emphatic instructions to bypass staff
review. When it returned to the Oval Office, in a blue portfolio
embossed with the presidential seal, Bush pulled a felt-tip pen from his
pocket and signed without sitting down. Almost no one else had seen the
text."
The article continues: "Cheney's proposal had become a military order
from the commander in chief. Foreign terrorism suspects held by the
United States were stripped of access to any court -- civilian or
military, domestic or foreign. They could be confined indefinitely
without charges and would be tried, if at all, in closed 'military
commissions.'"

Is this the way American laws should be written? Does this align with
Constitutional constraints that provide for a separation of powers and
checks and balances to ensure individual freedoms? "Suspects" are now
designated as such by the government's executive branch, and proof in a
court of law is now no longer required. And what is to differentiate
between a terror suspect and any other kind of suspect? And how about
members of a political opposition ­ are they also "terrorists" because
they disagree with this criminal administration? Only Cheney and Bush
now have this power, which they gave to themselves!

Even members of Bush's own administration were outraged by this
dictatorial fiat. Gellman and Becker elaborate after members of the Bush
regime found out about the fiat while still in the dark as to its
origin: "'What the hell just happened?' Secretary of State Colin L.
Powell demanded, a witness said, when CNN announced the order that
evening, Nov. 13, 2001. National security adviser Condoleezza Rice,
incensed, sent an aide to find out. Even witnesses to the Oval Office
signing said they did not know the vice president had played any part."

As much as Cheney covets total control protected by total secrecy,
Gellman and Becker note that, "Cheney expresses indifference, in public
and private, to any verdict but history's, and those close to him say he
means it." But isn't this the same outlook that can be attributed to
Hitler and Stalin? Isn't it the same indifference and arrogance that
justifies "breaking some eggs to make an omelet?"
In the opinion of this writer, there is more behind Cheney's quest for
unlimited power, shrouded in absolute secrecy, and all-encompassing in
every matter of federal government control. And the article makes it
clear, that anyone who crosses Cheney gets wasted. Gellman and Becker
point out to the sharp differences of opinion and the conflicts that
former EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman had with Cheney,
differences that led her to eventually resign from the agency. They
mention former Attorney General John Ashcroft's differences with Cheney,
also leading to his resignation. The article documents Cheney's meddling
with both the EPA and the Department of Justice. And his pressuring the
CIA for fraudulent intelligence to justify the invasion of Iraqis now
well known.

The Washington Post's Gellman-Becker series is, whatever the reason for
its airing, an absolute masterpiece of journalism, but not for reasons
that are immediately obvious. It's not the writing style, nor is it even
the revelations resultant from intense investigative reporting. Perhaps
the real benefits of the article have been totally missed by Graham and
the Post's executive staff. The expose answers two not so obvious
questions: first, why do we have such an incompetent fool as president,
and second, why does such an incompetent fool wield so much power and is
so assertive regarding "his" decisions? The series provides the answer:
Dick Cheney.

For early on in the quest to rid America of a very popular yet very
destructive president, Cheney's name came up as a dedicated American to
replace a dedicated internationalist. And this may be the real reason
for the subdued attack/exposure on Cheney. It may not be his fascism
that offends, but his nationalism. Perhaps it's Cheney's vision for a
New World Order controlled byWashington that bothers the Bilderberg
internationalists. And it is this same nationalism which turned off the
bankers to both Hitler and Stalin. But there is no need to speculate the
connection between Cheney and Bush.

Undoubtedly, Cheney was the GOP's pick to replace Clinton. But because
of his heart problems, Cheney would never win a presidential election.
Enter stage right, G. Bush, a simpleton, and an obedient and virtually
clueless stooge. Bush serves not only as the buffoon heat sink for the
GOP dictatorship, but is also its "decider" as related in the Post's
series when describing how Cheney writes law and Bush decides to sign
without either reading or understanding what it is that he is signing.
The series explores how Cheney decides on everything that is within the
federal government's purview.

The series explains Cheney's involvement and direct supervision and
control over the Department of Justice, his intimidation of the EPA, his
power over the CIA, his total control of foreign policy, and his total
control over the White House staff and Bush. Gellman and Becker try to
paint the picture that Bush retains some identity distinct from Cheney's
oversight, but at least for this observer, it simply doesn't work. I'm
convinced that Cheney is behind EVERYTHING this dangerous, corrupt and
criminal regime has perpetrated. And that would include 9/11!

As Dr. David Ray Griffin has pointed out in his latest book, both the
9/11 Commission report and the government-sanctioned released tapes
falsify the timeframe wherein Cheney was in the bunker on 9/11. After
reading the Post series, can there be any doubt as to who was in charge
on that awful day? Can there be any doubt as to who really ordered those
WTC buildings to be "pulled?" Can there be any doubt as to who decided
that certain attorneys in the Justice Department were to be let go? And
for Hillary and Congressman Nadler, can there be any doubt as to who
made the phone call to EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman directing
her to lie about the condition of the pulverized glass, concrete and
steel in the dust and smoke of the disintegrated WTC buildings? Hillary
demanded to know who gave the order to Whitman; now we know!

The benefit of this journalistic effort has little to do with
presentation; it has everything to do with timeliness and the solving of
the types of mysteries such as Hillary and Congressman Nadler were
looking into. Can one imagine the anger in Whitman for having to take
the fall for the very guy that forced her to resign? Here are Gellman
and Becker again: "Stealth is among Cheney's most effective tools.
Man-size Mosler safes, used elsewhere in government for classified
secrets, store the workaday business of the office of the vice
president. Even talking points for reporters are sometimes stamped
'Treated As: Top Secret/SCI.' Experts in and out of government said
Cheney's office appears to have invented that designation, which alludes
to 'sensitive compartmented information,' the most closely guarded
category of government secrets. By adding the words 'treated as,' they
said, Cheney seeks to protect unclassified work as though its disclosure
would cause 'exceptionally grave damage to national security.'"

And, "Across the board, the vice president's office goes to unusual
lengths to avoid transparency. Cheney declines to disclose the names or
even the size of his staff, generally releases no public calendar and
ordered the Secret Service to destroy his visitor logs. His general
counsel has asserted that 'the vice presidency is a unique office that
is neither a part of the executive branch nor a part of the legislative
branch,' and is therefore exempt from rules governing either. Cheney is
refusing to observe an executive order on the handling of national
security secrets, and he proposed to abolish a federal office that
insisted on auditing his compliance." Have you ever seen a better
description of a total dictatorship?

If the evidence wasn't there before, it sure as hell is now! Cheney is
absolutely guilty as charged, and Congress now has the evidence.
Congressman Kucinich hit the nail perfectly on the head, and the time
for Congress to nail the Cheney-Bush regime is long overdue. Nothing
more needs to be written or said about the Cheney-Bush regime; it's now
all been said. And in conjunction with the continuously mounting
scientific evidence proving the 9/11 terrorist acts as being inside
jobs, we also know of Cheney's modus operandi and his commitment to
history instead of his required dedication to America and its people.
Has there ever been a more immoral character than Cheney capable of the
expression "the public be damned?"

As Bruce Fein wrote after reading the Post series, "Cheney must be
impeached!" Fein documents the long list of criminal activities the Bush
administration, now proven to be under the total control of Cheney, has
perpetrated against the American people and the entire human race for
which the administration, the Congress, AND the American people must now
all be held accountable for in the eyes of our Creator. How many letters
have you sent to your congressional representatives and senators? How
many discussion groups or activist groups have you joined or
participated in?

Should you come up with a negative response, then YOU are guilty as
well! Anyone who remains silent witnessing these egregious crimes and
the evil of merely one "human" being should consider themselves an
accessory, before, during and after the fact. It is time to impeach,
sentence and punish these most dangerous and evil criminals!

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