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Dick Cheney, the former US Vice President, nearly destroyed Britain's efforts to bring the airline bomb plotters to justice, police and intelligence experts said today.
By ordering the early arrest of Rashid Rauf, the bombers' link man in Pakistan, Washington forced British police to detain the suspects in the UK before all the evidence had been gathered, it was claimed.
Mr Bush didn't seem to commit anything to paper, but Vice President Cheney despatched a man called Jose Rodriguez to P
Originally posted by ModernAcademia
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Originally posted by ModernAcademia
What in the world is up with Cheney?
Who's he working for?
Originally posted by EsSeeEye
It's so trendy to hate Bush and Cheney, but is it possible that they're just people? And they were doing their job to actually keep us safe?
Originally posted by EsSeeEye
So after reading the whole story, the only thing Cheney might have done was dispatch a man to arrest Rauf in Pakistan, which then forced Britain to act.
Granted, this is the Times we're talking about, so of course there's going to be a massive "Evil Cheney" spin on it, but they also mentioned the heated meetings about the plot, so is it not believable that Britain (who weren't the ones that would be taking the hit of the planes) was waning on their responsibilities in the case, and Cheney and the US was making sure it was stopped?
Frankly, I'd much rather see a plot taken down earlier than get to the point where the hijackers are buying their airline tickets before they get arrested.
It's so trendy to hate Bush and Cheney, but is it possible that they're just people? And they were doing their job to actually keep us safe?