BradBlog: Ranch Owner Hired Cheney and was on Reagan FISA Board

[RamboLiberal]

FWIW.

UPDATES...Ranch Owner Hired Cheney at Halliburton, on Covert FISA Board Under Reagan, Bush Pioneer...
Incident Occurred Saturday, Not Released Until Moments Ago...HOSPITAL SPOKESMAN ON WHITTINGTON'S CONDITION...In Intensive Care Unit for 2nd Night in a Row...Eye-Witness/Media Continue to Downplay Incident...

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002409.htm

[f-bush]

1. No Fucking Kidding they down play it:

ABC just said on TV that the wounds are superfical, how in the hell do you spend two nights in the ICU with just superficial wounds?

[Lithos]

4. Blood loss for one.

He likely lost a lot of blood, plus if he had any pre-existing conditions (such as heart conditions) which may cause him to be anti-clotting drugs then he could be there to observe for stroke or other issues.

[FreedomAngel82]

7. For real

How dumb do they think we are?

[Wilms]

2. Oh. So it was Freudian. n/t

[kskiska]

3. More Questions Raised About Delay in Reporting Cheney Misfire

The more than 18-hour delay in news emerging that the Vice President of the United States had shot a man, sending him to an intensive care unit with his wounds, grew even more curious late Sunday. E&P has learned that the official confirmation of the shooting came about only after a local reporter in Corpus Christi, Texas, received a tip from the owner of the property where the shooting occured and called Vice President Cheney's office for confirmation.

The confirmation was made but there was no indication whether the Vice President's office, the White House, or anyone else intended to announce the shooting if the reporter, Jaime Powell of the Corpus Christ Caller-Times, had not received word from the ranch owner.

One of Powell's colleagues at paper, Beth Francesco, told E&P that Powell had built up a strong source relationship with the prominent ranch owner, Katharine Armstrong, which led to the tip. Powell is chief political reporter for the paper and also covers the area where the ranch is located south of Sarita.

Armstrong called the paper Sunday morning looking for Powell, who was not at work. When they did talk, Armstrong revealed the shooting of prominent Austin attorney Harry Whittington, who is now in stable condition in a hospital. Powell then called Cheney's office for the confirmation around midday. The newspaper broke the story at mid-afternoon--not a word about it had appeared before then.

much more…
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001995719

[Missy M]

6. The whole thing was orchestrated by the White House....

including the owner of the property giving a tip to the newspaper. I would think any shooting (accidental or otherwise) would have to be reported to and investigated by the police when it happens. Why was this not done? Are the police investigating? They would be if it happened to you or me. Again, the Bush White House was trying a cover up.

[FreedomAngel82]

8. Why this guy though??

[Missy M]

9. I believe the shooting was accidental so why cover it up?

The shooting was accidental so why the cover up for so long. When the VP of the United States shoots someone accidentally it is a big story. There are many questions to be answered and I think they should be answered by Cheney, not everyone else. Why the delay in reporting it, why the delay in getting to the hospital, how exactly did it happen, that it was Cheney should be answering, not the owner of the ranch.

[ReadTomPaine]

5. These people always operate inside their circle...

That's one of the key operational aspects of current Bush political machine. It's the reason they are rich, the reason they are powerful and the reason they have achieved any of the goals they have throughout their lives. The reason is pretty simple - outside of that circle, there's reality, and that tends to interfere with whatever they have planned for the day.

[Mnemosyne]

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