"Amid the chaos of the Trump Administration, implementing all of Cheney's dreams of unitary executive on Chicago's residents and Latin American fishermen, his death didn't even make it above the fold of the NYT. This blog has written probably 500 stories on Dick Cheney - about torture, about illegal surveillance, about drone strikes, about outing Valerie Plame. But the most recent are telling for his legacy:"
"Tulsi Gabbard's NIE Lies Make Dick Cheney Look Honest by Comparison John Yoo's Old Trash and the South Shore Apartment Invasion Dick Cheney's Apprentice Strikes (on John Bolton's refusal to testify in impeachment) Child Rapist George Nader Introduced Dick Cheney and Ahmad Chalabi We never did recover from the things Dick Cheney did to the United States. And now the precedents he established have empowered a madman."
Dick Cheney died. Liz Cheney's silence prompted speculation about his health. His death received minimal front-page attention in major newspapers. Cheney championed a unitary executive doctrine that influenced domestic policing in cities and U.S. actions affecting Latin American fishermen. His tenure implemented torture programs, warrantless surveillance, targeted drone strikes, and the public outing of Valerie Plame. Recent items link his legacy to episodes involving Tulsi Gabbard and the NIE, John Yoo's conduct, and John Bolton's impeachment stance. Connections to figures such as George Nader and Ahmad Chalabi are noted. The legal and political precedents from Cheney's era enabled later authoritarian practices.
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