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Cheney: Wilson Mission Was CIA 'Amateur Hour'

New docs show former veep thought ill of Plame husband's Nigeria trip

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(Newser) – Dick Cheney's memory may have been a little iffy about the Valerie Plame leak, but Politico reports that the former veep left no room for doubt about his opinion of her husband's trip to Niger to investigate an Iraqi purchase of plutonium. "It was amateur hour out at the CIA," Cheney told a federal prosecutor in a 2004 interview released Friday.

In this May 9, 2008 file photo, former CIA officer Valerie Plame speaks in Chicago.
In this May 9, 2008 file photo, former CIA officer Valerie Plame speaks in Chicago.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Center for Security Policy dinner at Union Station in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Center for Security Policy dinner at Union Station in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.   (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
In this March 15, 2009 file photo, former Vice President Dick Cheney appears on CNN's
In this March 15, 2009 file photo, former Vice President Dick Cheney appears on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, in Washington.   (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2009.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2009.   (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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Lula
Nov 1, 09 8:48 AM CST
Dickhead should be behing bars. The lying bastard. Reply
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drlarrymitchell
Nov 1, 09 10:22 AM CST
Dick doesn't know Dick.
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Reader64481089
Nov 1, 09 2:35 PM CST
And Cheney in the White House was destruction of America from within.................everything this country stands for since it's formation is the polar opposite of what D. Cheney and GW Bush represented and represent
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Spudsy
Nov 1, 09 4:29 PM CST
Seems like the amateur hour was the White House killing 4000 kids to get the WMDs that never did exist. How can Wilson be an amateur when he was right all along? But the sheep will follow Cheney on this one. And we will proceed towards second rate country status if the GOP returns in 2010 or 2012.
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ezrider
Nov 1, 09 9:09 AM CST
Cheney kept his mouth shut most his 8 years ,the snake must be filling some heat Reply
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