Cheney "Stay Behinds" Disrupt Obama Intelligence Team

Think back to March 31, 2009, when Seymour Hersh described the "Stay Behinds" that Cheney put in the Obama administration intelligence, military and foreign services who have been reporting back to him and may have been the kink in the loop resulting in the failure which allowed the underwear bomber on the flight Christmas Day. From ThinkProgress.org (http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/31/hersh-cheney-behind/) In an interview on NPRs Fresh Air yesterday, host Terry Gross asked investigative journalist Seymour Hersh if, as he continues to investigate the Bush administration, more people were coming forward to talk to him now that the president and vice president are no longer in power. Hersh replied that though a lot of people that had told me in the last year of Bush, call me next, next February, not many people had talked to him. He implied that they were still scared of Cheney.

Are you saying that you think Vice President Cheney is still having a chilling effect on people who might otherwise be coming forward, asked Gross. Ill make it worse, answered Hersh, adding that he believes Cheney put people back in government to stay behind in order to tell him whats going on and perhaps even do sabotage: HERSH: Ill make it worse. I think hes put people left. Hes put people back. They call it a stay behind. Its sort of an intelligence term of art. When you leave a country and, you know, youve driven out the, you know, youve lost the war. You leave people behind. Its a stay behind that you can continue to contacts with, to do sabotage, whatever you want to do. Cheneys left a stay behind. Hes got people in a lot of agencies that still tell him whats going on. Particularly in defense, obviously. Also in the NSA, theres still people that talk to him. He still knows whats going on. Can he still control policy up to a point? Probably up to a point, a minor point. But hes still there. Hes still a presence.

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[ThePatriotHour]

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[Hazmat347]

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[ekjohndeer]

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[CarribeanBeachbum06]

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