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Cooper, Helene. "Rice's Hurdles in Mideast Begin at Home."
The New York Times,
August 10, 2006.

"Downing Street Memos." David Manning to Prime Minister Tony Blair, March 14, 2002.

———. Christopher Meyer to David Manning, March 18, 2002.

Dreyfuss, Robert. "Vice Squad."
The American Prospect,
May 2006.

Eisendrath, Craig R., and Melvin A. Goodman.
Bush League Diplomacy: How the Neo-conservatives Are Flitting the World at Risk.
Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2004.

Ereli, J. Adam. State Department Regular News Briefing, November 21, 2003.

Hersh, Seymour, "Last Stand: The Military's Problem with the President's Iran Policy."
The New Yorker,
July 10, 2006.

Hoagland, Jim. "Bush's Gamble on Iran."
The Washington Port
, June 4, 2006.

Hosenball, Mark, and Michael Isikoff. "What Went Wrong."
Newsweek,
February 9, 2004.

Isikoff, Michael, and Evan Thomas. "Cheney's Long Path to War."
Newsweek,
November 17, 2003.

Lake, Eli. "Cheney's Daughter Offered State Dept. Job." United Press International, February 28, 2002.

Lemann, Nicholas. "The Quiet Man: Dick Cheney's Discreet Rise to Unprecedented Power."
The New Yorker,
May 7, 2001.

Mann, James.
Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet.
New York: Viking, 2004.

Milbank, Dana. "In Cheney's Shadow, Counsel Pushes the Conservative Cause."
The Washington Post,
October 11, 2004.

Nessen, Ron.
It Sure Looks Different from the Inside.
Chicago: Playboy Press, 1979.

Powell, Colin.
My American Journey.
New York: Random House, 1995.

Suskind, Ron.
The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.

Tyler, Patrick. "U.S. Strategy Plan Calls for Insuring No Rivals Develop."
The New York Times,
March 8, 1992.

Unger, Craig. "The War They Wanted, the Lies They Needed."
Vanity Fair,
June 2006.

Wilkerson, Col. Lawrence. Author interview. June 16, 2006.

———. Speech to the New American Foundation, October 19, 2005.

Woodward, Bob.
Plan of Attack.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.

CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Torture Presidency

ABC
Nightline.
Interview by Terry Moran with Vice President Richard Cheney at Al Asad Air Base, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, December 20, 2005.

American Bar Association Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements and the Separation of Powers Doctrine. Report with Recommendations. July 24, 2006.

American Civil Liberties Union et al. v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service et al.
Memorandum of Opinion, Hon. Anna Diggs Taylor. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, August 17, 2006.

Benac, Nancy. "Despite Image, Cheney a GOP Rock Star." Associated Press, August 5, 2006.

Bush, George W. "Humane Treatment of al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees." Memo to Vice President et al. February 7, 2002.

Bush, George W. Statement on Signing the Department of Defense Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Pandemic Influenza Act of 2006, December 30, 2005.

Bybee, Jay S. (Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice). Memo to Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President. "Standards of Conduct for Interrogation under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340-2340A." August 1, 2002.

Cheney, Dick. Interview, June 27, 1975. James F. C. Hyde and Stephen J. Wayne collection, Gerald R. Ford Library.

Croghan, Lore. "Sales Slow Down in Steep New York Apartment Market." New York
Daily News,
July 7, 2006.

Fein, Bruce. Author interview. April 26, 2006.

Fisher, Louis. Author interview. June 9, 2006.

———. "Lost Constitutional Moorings: Recovering the War Power."
Indiana Law Review,
Fall 2006.

Gonzales, Alberto R. Memorandum for the President. Subject: Decision re Application of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War to the Conflict with al Qaeda and the Taliban. January 25, 2002.

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al.,
Supreme Court of the United States, June 29, 2006.

Hamdi et al v. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al.,
Supreme Court of the United States, June 28, 2004.

Kelley, Matt. "U.S. to Bring Taliban, al-Qaida Prisoners to Navy Base in Cuba, Rumsfeld Says." Associated Press, December 27, 2001.

Klaidman, Daniel, and Michael Isikoff. "Cheney in the Bunker: Bloodied but Unbowed, the Veep Has a New Number Two."
Newsweek,
November 14, 2005.

Klaidman, Daniel, Stuart Taylor, Jr., and Evan Thomas. "Palace Revolt."
Newsweek,
January 29, 2006.

Lilly, Scott. Author interview. April 27, 2006.

Mann, James. "The Armageddon Plan."
The Atlantic,
March 1, 2004.

McCain, John. "Torture's Terrible Toll: Abusive Interrogation Tactics Produce Bad Intel, and Undermine the Values We Hold Dear."
Newsweek,
November 21, 2005.

———, and Mark Salter.
Faith of My Fathers.
New York: Random House, 1999.

Philbin, Patrick F., and John C. Yoo. Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice. Memo to William J. Haynes II, General Counsel, Department of Defense. "Possible Habeas Jurisdiction over Aliens Held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba." December 28, 2001.

Powell, Colin. Letter to Senator John McCain, October 5, 2005.

Priest, Dana, and Robin Wright. "Cheney Fights for Detainee Policy; as Pressure Mounts to Limit Handling of Terror Suspects, He Holds Hard Line."
The Washington Post,
November 7, 2005.

Purdum, Todd. "A Face Only a President Could Love."
Vanity Fair,
June 2006.

Ragavan, Chitra. "Cheney's Guy."
U.S. News & World Report,
May 29, 2006.

Rasul et al. v. Bush, President of the United States, et al.,
Supreme Court of the United States. June 28, 2004.

Risen, James, and Eric Lichtblau. "Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts."
The New York Times,
December 16, 2005.

Savage, Charlie. "Bush Could Bypass New Torture Ban."
The Boston Globe,
January 4, 2006.

Schmitt, Eric. "Pentagon Rethinking Manual with Interrogation Methods."
The New York Times,
June 14, 2006.

———, et al. "President Backs McCain on Abuse."
The New York Times,
December 16, 2005.

Smith, R. Jeffrey, and Josh White. "Cheney Plan Exempts CIA from Bill Barring Abuse of Detainees."
The Washington Post,
October 25, 2005.

Suskind, Ron.
The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.

Taft, William H.
IV
(Legal Adviser, Department of State). Memo to Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President, "Comments on Your Paper on the Geneva Convention," February 2, 2002.

Yoo, John C. "The President's Constitutional Authority to Conduct Military Operations Against Terrorists and Nations Supporting Them." Memorandum Opinion for the Deputy Counsel to the President, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice, September 25, 2001.

———, and Robert J. Delahunty. Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice. Memo to William J. Haynes II, General Counsel, Department of Defense. "Application of Treaties and Laws to al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees." January 9, 2002.

Wilkerson, Lawrence. Author interview. June 16, 2006.

Woolley, John, and Gerhard Peters. "Presidential Signing Statements." The American Presidency Project, University of California at Santa Barbara,
www.presidency.ucsb.edu.

CHAPTER TWELVE
What Dick Knew—and When He Knew It

Ackerman, Spencer, and John B. Judis. "The First Casualty."
The New Republic,
June 30, 2003.

Clinton, Bill. Executive Order 12958, "Classified National Security Information." April 17, 1995.

Dreyfuss, Robert. "The March of the Spooks."
The Dreyfuss Report,
November 3, 2005.

———. "The Commissar's in Town."
The American Prospect,
June 2006.

Eisendrath, Craig R., and Melvin A. Goodman.
Bush League Diplomacy: How the Neoconservatives Are Putting the World at Risk.
Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2004.

Fein, Bruce. Author interview, April 26, 2006.

Goodman, Melvin. Author interview, April 20, 2006.

Hume, Brit. "Vice President Cheney Interviewed." Fox News, February 15, 2006.

Isikoff, Michael, and Evan Thomas. "The Leaker in Chief?"
Newsweek,
April 17, 2006.

Kerr, Robert. "Intelligence and Analysis on Iraq: Report for CIA, Issues for the Intelligence Community." July 29, 2004.

Margolick, David. "Mr. Fitz Goes to Washington."
Vanity Fair,
February 2006.

McCormack, Bruce. "Cheney: Altering Foreign Elections Possible Option."
Casper Star-Tribune,
December 9, 1977.

Scherer, Michael. "Secrets and Lies."
Salon.com
, October 26, 2005 (
http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/10/26/questions/index.html
).

United States of America v. I. Lewis Libby, also known as "SCOOTER LIBBY."
Indictment, October 28, 2005.

United States of America v. I. Lewis Libby, also known as "Scooter Libby.
" Reply to the Response of I. Lewis Libby to Government's Response to Court's Inquiry. . . . United States District Court for the District of Columbia, May 24, 2006.

United States of America v. I. Lewis Libby, also known as "Scooter Libby.
" Pretrial hearing on defendant's motions, May 5, 2006.

United States of America v. I. Lewis Libby (also known as "Scooter Libby").
Government's Response to Defendant's Third Motion to Compel Discovery. United States District Court for the District of Columbia, April 5, 2006.

Valerie Plame Wilson and Joseph C. Wilson IV v. I. Lewis (a/k/a "Scooter") Lihby,Fr., Karl Rove, Richard Cheney, and John Does No. 1-10,
United States District Court for the District of Columbia, July 13, 2006.

Wallsten, Peter, and Tom Hamburger. "Bush Critic Became Target of Libby, Former Aides Say."
Los Angeles Times,
October 21, 2005.

Waas, Murray. "Bush Directed Cheney to Counter War Critic."
National Journal,
July 3, 2006.

———. "Cheney 'Authorized' Libby to Leak Classified Information."
National Journal,
February 9, 2006.

———. "Insulating Bush."
National Journal,
March 30, 2006.

———. "Iraq, Niger, and the CIA."
National Journal,
February 6, 2006.

Wilson, Joseph. Author interview. April 18, 2006.

———.
The Politics of Truth.
New York: Carroll & Graf, 2004.

———. "What I Didn't Find in Africa."
The New York Times,
July 6, 2003.

INDEX

Abacha, Sani

ABC

abortion

Abraham, Spencer

Abrams, Elliott

Abu Ghraib prison

torture scandal

Abzug, Bella

Ackerman, Spencer

Addington, David

as Cheney's attack dog

as Cheney's chief of staff

Iraq War and

at Pentagon

torture policy and

Afghanistan

Soviet invasion of

war in

Africa

Agnew, Spiro

Agriculture Department

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud

Air Force, U.S.

Air Force One

Air Force Two

Akhromeyev, Sergei

Alcoa

Alexander, Lamar

Alito, Samuel, Jr.

Allbaugh, Joe

Allen, Lew, Jr.

Allison, Robert

al-Qaeda

Iraq connection theory invented by Cheney

prisoners

September 11 attacks

Altanmia Commercial Marketing Company

American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)

"Defending Civilization" report of

American Enterprise Institute

American Petroleum Institute

American Political Science Association (APSA)

Amoco

Amoco Political Action Committee

Anadarko Energy

Andersen, Arthur

Anderson, Jack

apartheid

April Revolution

Arias, Oscar

Armey, Dick

Armitage, Richard

Armstrong, Anne

Army Corps of Engineers

Halliburton deal

Army Field Manual

asbestos

Ashcroft, John

Aspin, Les

AT&T

Atta, Mohammed

A-12 fighter jet

Azerbaijan

Baghdad

Bagley, Bill

Baker, James III

Balkans

Bandar, Prince

Barbour, Haley

energy policy memo

Barlow, John Perry

Barton, Joe

Bates, John

Baute, Jacques

Bay of Pigs

Bechtel

Bennett, Bill

Bennett, Robert

Bentsen, Lloyd

Berlin Wall, collapse of

bin Laden, Osama

escape at Tora Bora

Blair, Tony

Boland, Ed

Boland Amendment

Bolten, Josh

Bork, Robert

Bosnia

Boston Globe, The,

Bradford, Bill

Bradley Woods and Company

Brazil

Briody, Dan
The Halliburton Agenda,

British Petroleum

Brookings Institution

Brown, George

Brown, Harold

Brown, Herman

Brown & Root

Browne, Lord John

Browning, Stephen

Buchanan, Pat

Buchen, Philip

Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs

Burma

Bush, George H. W.

administration of

as CIA director

defense spending

foreign policy

Gulf War and

Iran-Contra and

1992 election loss

no-new-taxes pledge

Bush, George W.

at Crawford ranch

drug use

gaffe-prone nature of

as governor of Texas

inexperience

Ken Lay and

overpowered by Cheney

right-wing Christianity of

September 11 response

as Texas Rangers owner

tutored by Cheney

2000 campaign and election

2003 State of the Union address

VP search charade

see also
Bush-Cheney administration

Bush, Laura

Bush-Cheney administration: Bush overpowered by Cheney

Cheney pushes Bush into Iraq War

CO
2
pledge broken

defense expenditures

domestic eavesdropping and banking surveillance programs

energy policy

Enron ties

environmental policy

executive-centered concept of government

false intelligence to justify Iraq War

foreign policy

Geneva Conventions suspended by

Halliburton ties

influence of Ford White House on

insularity of

Iraq contracts to Halliburton

Iraq-9/11 connection invented by

Iraq War policy

legacy of

Libby affair

media and

Niger uranium claim

paper trail avoided by

plans for preemptive attack on Iran

pre-9/11 disarray

Russia and

September 11 response

signing statements

tax cuts

torture policy

torture memos

transition period

Bush-Cheney Presidential Transition Foundation, Inc.

Bush v. Gore,

Business Week,

Byheejay

Byrd, Robert

California

energy crisis

Callaway, Bo

Camp David

Cannon, James

carbon dioxide caps

Card, Andy

Carnahan, Mel

Carter, Jimmy

administration of

foreign policy

MX missiles and

1976 presidential campaign

Casey, Bill

Casper Star-Tribune,

Castro, Fidel

Catholic Church

Cato Institute

Cayman Islands

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

bin Laden escape

Cheney's contempt for

covert activity in Nicaragua

in need of repair

President's Daily Briefing

torture activities

Valerie Wilson outed from

wiretapping activities

Chalabi, Ahmed

Chapman, Jim

chemical weapons

Cheney, Liz

PDAS position

Cheney, Lynne

ambition of

as
Crossfire
host

Culture War and

on "evil" in academia

Executive Privilege,

in high school

as housebound mother

as NEH head

as second fiddle to her husband

Sisters,

Telling the Truth,

writing career

Cheney, Mary

homosexuality of

Now It's My Turn,

Cheney, Richard B.: anti-Soviet policy

approval numbers

APSA fellowship

ascent to congressional power

attack dog role

"Backseat" nickname

becomes chief of staff for Ford

Bush overpowered by

Bush tutored by

Bush's VP search charade and

celebrity of

Central American issues

CIA hated by

cold warrior role

in Congress

Congress controlled by

conservationist moment of

convention speech (2000)

courtship and marriage

daughters of

as defense buildup advocate

as defense secretary

diminishing power of

doctrine of fear

draft dodged by

drinking and partying

energy policy

executive-centered concept of government

false intelligence to justify Iraq War

flunks out of Yale

in Ford White House

fundraising role

GAO lawsuit against

"Grand Teuton" nickname

Gulf War and

as Halliburton CEO

Halliburton deferred compensation and stock options

heart problems

in high school

hunting expeditions and accidents

as inept business leader

Iran-Contra investigation role

Iraq contracts to Halliburton

Iraq-9/11 connection invented by

Frank Keating and

Ken Lay and

leaking skill

Libby affair

-Lieberman debate

media and

in Moscow

Niger yellow cake documents

1975 presidential campaign and

1978 congressional campaign

paper trail avoided by

in PEOC bunker

personality change due to health problems

Colin Powell and

profanity of

questions for

Nelson Rockefeller and

Donald Rumsfeld and

sanctions opposed by

Antonin Scalia and

second Capitol office

secrecy of

September 11 response

staff of

telegenic qualities lacking in

torture policy

transition team

2000 campaign and election

WW speech

VP nomination accepted by

wealth of

Welch affair

Whittington shot by

wit of

Jim Wright and

see also
Bush-Cheney administration

Chevron

China

Christianity, right-wing

Church Commission

civil liberties, Bush-Cheney disregard for

Clarke, Richard

Against All Enemies,

Clean Air Act

Clean Water Act

Clinton, Bill

administration of

defense spending and cuts

foreign policy

impeachment of

1992 campaign and election

Clinton, Hillary

CNN

coal

Coffin, Shannen

Cohen, Richard

Cohen, William

Colby, William

Cold War

end of

Cole, Bruce

Colgan, Celeste

Colombia

Comey, Patrick

Commerce Department

Commodity Futures Political Action Fund

communism

fall of

"compelling emergency,"

Congress, U.S.

Cheney's career in

Cheney's contempt for

Contra funding and

defense cuts

Democratic

Ford administration and

Gulf War and

hall parties

Iran-Contra hearings

Iraq War and

1974 elections

1994 elections

office space

oversight responsibility

post-9/11 security concerns

Republican

SHAMROCK hearings

2006 elections

Watergate-era reforms

see also
House of Representatives, U.S.;

Senate, U.S.

Conoco

Conservative Opportunity Society (COS)

Constitution, U.S.

Bush-Cheney contempt for

Contras

illegal funding of

see also
Iran-Contra

Contratto, Dana

Cooley, Denton

Cost of Living Council

Courter, Jim

Court of Appeals, U.S.

Craig, Larry

Crossfire,

Cruikshank, Tom

Crum, Tom

C-SPAN

Cuba

Culture War

Curran, Edward

Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.

Davis, Gray

Davis, Sandy

Dean, John

Conservatives Without Conscience,

Defense Department

Cheney as defense secretary

Iraq War contracts to Halliburton

Rumsfeld as defense secretary

spending and cuts

Welch affair

Defense Planning Guidance report

defense spending

Delahunty, Robert J.

DeLay, Tom

Democratic Party

Desert Storm

De Young, Karen

Dilulio, John

Dingell, John

Dirksen, Everett

Dodd, Thomas

Dole, Bob

Domestic Council

Donaldson, Sam

Downey, Thomas

"Downing Street Memos,"

Dresser Industries

Dresser-Rand

Dreyfus, Jack

Dugan, Michael

Dunham, Archie

Dunlap, Al "Chainsaw,"

education

Lynne Cheney on "evil" in academia

history teaching standards

Education Department

Edwards, Mickey

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

ElBaradei, Mohamed

Energy Department

energy policy

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