Dick Cheney's Dangerous Son-in-Law

Philip Perry and the politics of chemical security.

In March 2003, when the world's attention was focused on U.S. soldiers heading to Baghdad, twelve senior officials in the Bush administration gathered around a long oak conference table in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, part of the White House complex. They were meeting to put the final touches on a proposed legislative package that would address what was perhaps the most dangerous vulnerability the country faced after 9/11: unprotected chemical ... Full Story »

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by Chris Finnie - Feb. 19, 2007

An excellent expose of how things get done by stealth and back-room dealing between well-connected--but unelected officials. The best line is at the end when Levine quotes Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) as saying, “In order to please their cronies in the chemical industry, the Bush administration is willing to put the health and safety of millions of people at risk.” Sort of says it all doesn't it?

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