Cheney’s Covert CIA Death Squad

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Former Vice-President Dick Cheney allegedly attempted to create a covert group of CIA operatives, termed “The Crew”, responsible for the assassination of Al-Queda members, and others.

The CIA “Crew” would be invisible to Congress and all other branches of government and report through a senior CIA official directly to Cheney without supervision or external direction.

Funding would be clandestine with the monies diverted from other quasi-programs presently in the budget. The slush fund would be operated externally from the CIA itself so that no audits would uncover the operation.

This type of activity is not unique to CIA operations, however, for a vice-president to intentionally hide its creation from Congress poses substantial ethical and legal questions which may result in an action being taken against Cheney personally.

Cheney’s actions can be construed to be outside the scope or limits of his official responsibilities and thus expose him to personal liability.

In totality, Cheney’s actions while vice-president have accumulated in such a manner as to raise issues about his integrity and intent while in office.

While Cheney maintains that he acted in the best interests of the country it is the nature of the actions themselves which create a problem and underscore what may be construed as exceptionally poor judgment on his part.
　
　
　

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