Looks Like Cheney Might Be Getting Scared Afterall...?

[kpete]

Cheney Could Keep Security Detail
Secret Service Calls 6-Month Extension Prudent, Probable

Security beyond Cheney's term in office would require special approval. (By Evan Vucci -- Associated Press)

By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 8, 2008; Page A17

The man code-named "Angler" by the Secret Service will probably continue to receive the agency's protection long after he leaves office next year.

The Secret Service is preparing to provide Vice President Cheney with agents, transportation, advance work and other security-related trappings of executive power for six months after the Bush administration packs up and moves out in January, the agency's director, Mark Sullivan, told Congress last week. The expected cost: $4 million.

Although presidents and their spouses are entitled to Secret Service protection long after they depart the White House, federal law authorizes protective services for the vice president and his immediate family only during his time in office. Extending Cheney's detail would require a directive from the president or a joint resolution of Congress.

more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/07/AR2008040702389.html?hpid=moreheadlines

[Cooley Hurd]

1. He caused the need for his (extended) security - let HIM foot the bill!!!

:grr:

[Virginia Dare]

6. Agreed, and he stole the money from us anyway...n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. It's not like he can't afford it

[Wizard777]

2. Clinton was the last President to receive lifetime SS Protection.

Bush will only receive SS protection for 10 years after leaving office.

[JackRiddler]

13. One hopes he gets plenty of security at a supermax prison...

convicted on a clause of the PATRIOT Act shortly before its repeal.

[Eurobabe]

17. woot on that!

Evil Dick. :mad:

[jakem]

3. If i were Cheney, I'd be scared of the afterlife too!

but no amount of SS gonna keep that old man around forever!

[KharmaTrain]

4. Force Him To Make His Papers Public...

Now let's see if some journalist picks up on this. Ya think Walter Mondale or even Dan Quayle has much of a SS detail? Why should crashcart? Hell, he's got tons of cash, let him pay for the extra security.

Also, Congress should force crashcart to open up his records or forfeit any future benefits.

[madokie]

7. and tons of that cash came from our treasury, methinks

[acmavm]

5. No doubt whatsoever in my mind. What's puzzling me is what

about those worthless kids of his? Old Liz was the senior motivator behind all the shit that has been fabricated about Iran. She ran the 'department' that was going to get the 'goods' on them evil Iranians. Is she not worried that she might be a target if we bomb another innocent civilian populace? What about that other opportunist kid of his? She deserves an ass whippin' just because she's such a whiney pain in the ass phoney.

And as for Lynn, the world owes her a thumping just for being her.

[Frustratedlady]

8. Always look for the silver lining...

At least is sounds like he's leaving. That said, let him pay the bill. I'll bet the majority would vote against supporting him any longer than we had to.

[woodsprite]

9. I guess that means he gets to keep his ambulance contingent also? n/t

[underpants]

10. because the Brazil thing has been done

just saying

[FreepFryer]

11. Let him use Blackwater instead of taxpayer funded SS... he's a capo in their mob too. (n/t)

[ThomWV]

12. He has done nothing to deserve special treatment and should receive none.

Not with my tax dollars.

[NNN0LHI]

14. My guess is we are going to have to dig him out of his bunker he had built under his residence

I have seen this movie before.

Don

[tanyev]

15. "I can tell you that 9/11 made him a paranoid..."

Today, Wilkerson continues to see an administration that punishes dissent, pushes a radical reinterpretation of the Constitution, and exploits executive power. "Brent Scowcroft said he didn't recognize Dick Cheney anymore," he said. "I don't know Dick Cheney as intimately as Scowcroft does, but I did see him as secretary of defense and now as vice president. I can tell you that 9/11 made him a paranoid, to the extent where I'm not sure his exercise of power carries with it reason."

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/27/wilkerson/index1.html

Of course, his 5 deferments from Vietnam are proof that he's always been a coward.

[stillcool]

16. "the critical factor is that we are at war"..

should be the critical factor is war crimes.

[hatrack]

18. That's funny - I'm fairly sure Al Gore doesn't still have SS protection . . .

Huh. I wonder why . . .

:evilgrin:

[Jack Rabbit]

19. Let Blackwater protect him

I don't want any of my tax dollars protecting that worthless ass.

[Echo In Light]

22. Good call

[tanyev]

23. Unfortunately, even if it were Blackwater it would still be our tax dollars paying for it.

:(

[Jack Rabbit]

27. Not if congress doesn't appropriate the funds

Let Blackwater protect him. He's done so much for Blackwater and Mr. Prince should be happy to donate his services.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. No problem; I am sure The Hague has very tight security

[Rosemary2205]

24. At least he plans to LEAVE.

Something that has been in doubt in more than one mind.

[burythehatchet]

25. Mark these words...

When all the investigative nooses start to close in on the criminals, Dick's heart will be turned off for good and he will go hell as the master criminal, thereby exonerating all the others. Just like William Casey.

[Jackpine Radical]

26. "Angler?" I thought maybe

"Gunner"
or
"Darth"
I spose "Fucken Prick" is too much to hope for.
But "Angler?"

[Stinky The Clown]

28. I hope he gets deprived of even using condoms

Fuck him. He doesn't deserve jack shit.