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New details about his secret mission to expand the power of the president show that Cheney, at the end of his career, refuses to loosen his grip.
  • The unbearable secret

    In reading Mr Blumenthal's chilling surgical dissection of this presidency (and vice presidency), it feels like stumbling into a secret which is too ghastly to reveal, something I can only carry in silence to my grave.

    But, am I dreaming? Publishing this beautifully clear analysis brings it out into the bright light of day, and makes it all the harder to understand the stillness of those who are charged with the responsibility of protecting our rights and freedoms (elected government, appointed officials, and the "free" press, for a start).