Richard B. Cheney Quotes
Ford gave the confidential interview under the condition that it would not be made public until after he passed away. It was published by the Washington Post on December 26, 2006 just after Ford died. Ex-President’s are very reluctant to criticize a current President---especially on a foreign policy issue.
When she wrote her letter to the editor the Veterans administration sized her computer and accused her of sedition which is not a crime under American law. After complaints by the American Civil Liberties Union, the VA then did not file charges but had intimidated her.
Leary was a strong advocate of the use of illicit drugs and stimulants. Yet he ignored all the side effects and negative health consequences of the processes and while he thought he was assisting people to enlarge their mental horizons, he irresponsibly and criminally damaged many permanently. His government “persecutors” themselves were also all disgraced by the extremes to which they went to prevent the counter-culture characterized by Leary and others. They became paramoid that the drug culture would morph into a protest culture against the administration. The tended to exxagerate the negative consequences of illicit drugs--especially marijuana. These exaggerations caused many people to believe Leary and others who went to the other extreme and underated the negative consequences of illicit drugs. It became a culture war when it should have been a medical problem.
Once Cheney became Vice President he also became very furtive, secretive legalistic, warlike, and power hungry characteristics which were unlike what he exhibited as a Congressman and as Secretary of Defense. Scowcroft had worked with and for Cheney and had been one of his biggest supporters.
