If you’re ever looking for something to do on a lazy Tuesday afternoon, I recommend printing the words “Dick Cheney” in approximately the same font and size as the just-released CIA report from 2004, then cutting them out and seeing how many of the redacted black-boxes in the 109-page report they seem to fit in. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Dick Cheney'
The Dick Cheney Redaction Game
August 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AS, Law and Justice, Politics
Tags: ACLU·CIA·Dick Cheney·enhanced interrogation techniques·games·George Bush·redacted·torture·waterboarding
Things That Are Easier in Movies
July 14th, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Arts and Entertainment, Law School, Politics, Technology
When it was revealed this weekend that a secret CIA program had been kept secret for eight years under direct orders by Dick Cheney, I was like, say no more. I’ve seen Blade Runner, you don’t have to hold my hand through this. According to the New York Times:
The report that Mr. Cheney was behind [...]
Tags: 1970s·Blade Runner·CIA·Dick Cheney·Harrison Ford·replicants·secret assassinations
I Blame Dick Cheney
June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Politics
An unfortunate side-result of stamping everything with your very own ‘highly confidential’ stamp is that people stop taking that stamp seriously and eventually release something that actually is, er, highly confidential. By the way, the front page headline is classic: “U.S. Releases / Secret List of / Nuclear Sites / Accidentally.”
-AS