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January 19, 2004: Cheney: Being the Behind-the-Scenes ‘Evil Genius’ Is a ‘Nice Way to Operate’

2004-01-19

Vice President Dick Cheney seems to embrace the characterization of him as an enigmatic backroom operator. “Am I the evil genius in the corner that nobody ever sees come out of his hole?” he asks a reporter rhetorically. “It’s a nice way to operate, actually.” [Unger, 2007, pp. 314]