‘Potentially Criminal Insubordination’
May 25th, 2007 at 12:22 pm by Susie
Steve Clemons details how hard Dick Cheney is working to prevent Bush from seeking a diplomatic solution in Iran. He concludes:
The zinger of this information is the admission by this Cheney aide that Cheney himself is frustrated with President Bush and believes, much like Richard Perle, that Bush is making a disastrous mistake by aligning himself with the policy course that Condoleezza Rice, Bob Gates, Michael Hayden and McConnell have sculpted.
According to this official, Cheney believes that Bush can not be counted on to make the “right decision” when it comes to dealing with Iran and thus Cheney believes that he must tie the President’s hands.
On Tuesday evening, i spoke with a former top national intelligence official in this Bush administration who told me that what I was investigating and planned to report on regarding Cheney and the commentary of his aide was “potentially criminal insubordination” against the President. I don’t believe that the White House would take official action against Cheney for this agenda-mongering around Washington — but I do believe that the White House must either shut Cheney and his team down and give them all garden view offices so that they can spend their days staring out their windows with not much to do or expect some to begin to think that Bush has no control over his Vice President.
It is not that Cheney wants to bomb Iran and Bush doesn’t, it is that Cheney is saying that Bush is making a mistake and thus needs to have the choices before him narrowed.
UPDATE: Clemons has more.
VP Cheney’s Daughter Has Baby Boy…
Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter, Mary Cheney, delivered an 8-pound, 6-ounce baby boy, the firs…
I read Clemons’ piece yesterday and the hair on my neck stood on end. That is some truly scary stuff.
Glad your Comcast connection’s working right now. I’ve been using them for a couple of years and have had no problems. (But I’m in Baltimore, not in Philly …)
Is Dick the father of Mary’s new baby?
Just curious, is all.