FRONTLINE | Cheney's Law | PBS

The war on terror... The power of the president... A constitutional crisis... Watch "Cheney's Law" on air and online beginning Tuesday, October 16, 2007 on PBS and at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/cheney/

For three decades, Vice President Dick Cheney has waged a secretive, and often bitter battle to expand the power of the presidency. Now in a direct confrontation with Congress, as the administration asserts executive privilege to head off investigations into domestic wiretapping and the firing of U.S. attorneys, FRONTLINE meticulously traces the behind-closed-doors battle within the administration over the power of the presidency and the rule of law.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• pbs
• frontline
• cheney
• bush
• constitution
• law
• wiretapping
• us
• attorneys
• michael
• kirk
• politics
• iraq
• war
• gonzales

[Pradahappy]

i missed this show. where can i watch? PBS is the most extreme channel ever. oh, and i also, missed Invading Iran, too.

[PBS]

This Frontline episode and dozens of others are available at the Web address mentioned at the very end of this clip.

[sheepwshotguns]

will the full episode be posted? this looks really interesting.

[PBS]

Yes, the full episode will be available for viewing online, beginning Oct. 16. Click on the link in the video description to see the video.

[cajunhornet60]

cheney was too cowardly to serve in the vietnam war; but he sure didnt mind spilling other peoples blood in made up phony wars...may bush and cheney burn in hell...

vietnam vet

1968-69

[my15minutes]

Many thanks to Mike Kirk and the staff at Frontline, and PBS.

[mrdoyle71]

Extrordinary circumstances Lincoln did much the same

[MrBullfrog9876]

Every one of the modern day presidents have had someone in their cabinet who was tied directly to the NWO Antichrist globalists who guide and control the puppet president and lead the nation away from individual liberty and to a NAZI socialist corporate controlled dictatorship.

[ericclaptonismygod31]

Kinda funny that the same leftists who oppose more executive powers are often the same who fought the right in the civil rights battles of the 1960s and 70s against the state`s rights supporters. Either more federal powers to DC or a de-centralization to the states.

The US Congress and Senate are mostly a bunch of monkeys!

[PussyWrecker]

Scumbag!

[usa8056]

Already :)

He is one of the most brilliant men to enter high office, and he served the country by not relying on popularity. He is the guy you want on your team. However, it is imperative to have another person with enough confidence to check a Cheney type, and disagree with him. For example, Cheney wanted military action against Iran and the Scotter Libby issue

[crackface5]

Dick Cheney was an american hero. he helped secure americas safey by doin dirty jobs you liberal cowards were too afraid to do.

[1pocho3000]

Dick Cheney = pure evil

You and Rove will rot in Hell of all of Eternity

[kfdan]

The only thing I beg to differ on in this documentary is the statement that the Bush White House would be confronted with something they dare not believe could happen ... 9/11. The events on that day and the aftermath clean-up of the twin tower site without investigation clearly point to this event as a manufactured one ... most likely by Cheney and his neo-con cohorts in government and the private sector.

[Alfrunk]

@EdugeBDroN - yeah what great 'journalism'. A hit piece from a biased tax funded company. Idiots.

[Alfrunk]

@SabuPtolemy - aww gotta love the sensitive open minded liberals. You guys are so classy!