The Vice President has been implicated as the mastermind of the whispering campaign against Joe Wilson.
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Widely regarded as the most powerful vice president in history, Cheney maintains a behind-the-scenes profile. He is considered aloof and secretive by the media.
In the Plame affair, Cheney reportedly authorized Scooter Libby to release selected details of classified documents to specific reporters as part of the effort to discredit Joe Wilson.
Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald filed court documents on 12 May 2006 that included a copy of Wilson's article with hand-written notes by Vice President Cheney. Cheney questioned the rationale for sending Wilson to Niger and noted his wife might have sent him on a "junket." This implies that Cheney knew that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA.
In the Plame affair, Cheney reportedly authorized Scooter Libby to release selected details of classified documents to specific reporters as part of the effort to discredit Joe Wilson.
Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald filed court documents on 12 May 2006 that included a copy of Wilson's article with hand-written notes by Vice President Cheney. Cheney questioned the rationale for sending Wilson to Niger and noted his wife might have sent him on a "junket." This implies that Cheney knew that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA.
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"Have they done this sort of thing before? Send an Amb. to assess a question? Do we ordinarily send people out pro bono to work for us? Or did his wife send him on a junket?"