Keep Your Eye on Cheney

With the focus on lies and misrepresentations from the State of the Union last night, don’t forget to keep your eye on Dick Cheney. He may not be around much in the near future.

The trial of Cheney’s former Chief of Staff Scooter Libby began yesterday with opening statements. Mainstream media is providing basic coverage, but the best stuff is coming from bloggers who have media credentials for the trial. What I want to hear more about is the prosecutor’s assertions that Cheney was more deeply involved in the leak and coverup than previously revealed. “Blockbuster developments,” MSNBC called them.

Try:

• “Can You Trust Cheney?” David Corn at The Nation.
• The Next Hurrah.
• “Trial of Cheney’s #2 Begins,” Rory O’Connor at Alternet.
• “The Libby Circus Is in Town,” at Wonkette.

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Then, just for a view from outside, try:

• “Cheney aide tells trial he is fallguy for Rove,” at the Guardian UK.

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