Book: Cheney's Drive for Warrantless Spying Nearly Brought Down Bush Presidency
We speak to award-winning journalist Barton Gellman about his new book, Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency. Gellman reveals Cheney played a crucial role in maintaining warrantless spying even after Justice Department officials began to doubt its legality in 2004. Gellman writes: The history of the Bush administration cannot be written without close attention to the moments when Cheney took the helm—sometimes at Bushs direction, sometimes with his tacit consent, and sometimes without the presidents apparent awareness. [includes rush transcript]
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