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Events (91)
- March 20, 1989 and After: Dick Cheney Becomes Secretary of Defense 1989-03-20
- July 1, 1992: Cheney Aide Grilled on Evasion of Congress 1992-07-01
- January 20, 2001 and After: Cheney’s People Take Control of Large Areas of Bush Administration, Begin Expansion of Presidential Power 2001-01-20
- January 21, 2001: Bush Legal Team Ordered to Expand Presidential Power, Tighten Conservative Grip on Judiciary 2001-01-21
- April 17, 2001 and After: Enron CEO Meets with Cheney, Recommends that No Price Caps be Adopted 2001-04-17
- April 19 - May 4, 2001: Task Force Refuses Congressional Request to Examine Records of Meetings 2001-05-04
- May 8, 2001: GAO Announces Intention to Investigate Energy Task Force 2001-05-08
- May 10-17, 2001: Cheney Lawyer Rebuffs GAO Attempts to Discuss Energy Task Force 2001-05-10
- June 1, 2001: GAO Defends Demand for Energy Task Force Documents 2001-06-01
- June 7, 2001: Cheney’s Lawyer Tells GAO US Law Does Not Apply to Energy Task Force 2001-06-07
- June 21, 2001: Cheney’s Counsel Sends Meaningless Financial Documents to GAO 2001-06-21
- July 3, 2001: Cheney’s Lawyer Refuses to Speak with GAO over Task Force Documents 2001-07-03
- July 5, 2001: Addington Refuses Watchdog Group’s Request for Energy Task Force Documents 2001-07-05
- July 18, 2001: GAO Reiterates Request for Information Regarding Cheney’s Task Force 2001-07-18
- August 1, 2001: Cheney’s Lawyer Again Rebuffs GAO’s Request for Task Force Information 2001-08-01
- Shortly After 10:00 p.m. September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney and Family Spend Night at Camp David 2001-09-11
- (After 10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney Assembles Legal Team for Expanding Presidential Power 2001-09-11
- (Between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Non-Essential Staff Removed from White House Bunker 2001-09-11
- After September 11, 2001: Cheney Lawyers and Justice Department Subordinates Drive White House Expansion of Presidential Power 2001-09-11
- Shortly After September 11, 2001: ’War Council’ Sets Legal Course for White House’s Response to Terrorism 2001-09-11
- September 12, 2001-2002: Vice President Cheney Moves between Secure Locations to Preserve ‘Continuity of Government’ 2001-09-12
- September 25, 2001: OLC Lawyer Yoo Authorizes Warrantless Surveillance of Communications Entering and Departing US 2001-09-25
- November 6-10, 2001: Cheney Advisers and Justice Department Lawyer Yoo Write Proposal Denying Terror Suspects Right to Courts 2001-11-06
- November 11-13, 2001: Cheney Presents Torture Memo to Bush in Private; Dodges Procedure, Law 2001-11-11
- January 25, 2002: Cheney’s Lawyer Questions ‘Limits’ of Geneva Conventions on Prisoner Interrogations, Writes Memo for Bush that Allows Geneva to be Sidestepped 2002-01-25
- January 25, 2002: Powell, State Department Sidelined in Decision to Abandon Geneva Conventions in Interrogations 2002-01-25
- September 25, 2002: Administration Lawyers Give ‘Green Light’ for Harsh Interrogations at Guantanamo 2002-09-25
- October 11, 2002: Army Legal Adviser Suggests that ‘Immunity’ Can be Granted for Planned Use of Abusive Techniques 2002-10-11
- December 9, 2002: Judge Rules against Disclosing Energy Task Force Documents 2002-12-09
- December 20, 2002: Navy’s General Counsel Tries to Convince Pentagon Chief Counsel to Withdraw Torture Authorization 2002-12-20
- February 6, 2003 and After: Ashcroft Refuses to Promote Yoo to Head of OLC; Goldsmith Nominated 2003-02-06
- Shortly After March 1, 2003: KSM Is Extensively Waterboarded and Tortured in Secret CIA Prisons 2003-03-01
- July 8, 2003: Libby Meets with Cheney’s Chief Lawyer Immediately after Meeting with Reporter 2003-07-08
- 8:30 a.m. July 8, 2003: Libby Again Tells New York Times Reporter that Plame Wilson Is CIA Officer 2003-07-08
- October 6, 2003: Jack Goldsmith Becomes Head of OLC; Immediately Fights to Limit Growing Power of Executive Branch 2003-10-06
- October 10, 2003: White House Press Secretary Prepares for FBI Questioning in Leak Investigation, Agrees to Allow White House Lawyer to be Present during Interview 2003-10-10
- February 12, 2004: Cheney’s Chief Counsel Gives Statement to FBI concerning Conversation with Libby 2004-02-12
- March 9, 2004: Cheney Leads Internal Battle for Approval of Warrantless Wiretapping Program 2004-03-09
- March 24, 2004: Libby Lies to Grand Jury Again 2004-03-24
- March 30, 2004: White House Makes Deal to Prevent Additional Public 9/11 Hearings for Bush Officials 2004-03-30
- Shortly Before July 22, 2004: Vice President Cheney Demands Changes to 9/11 Commission Report regarding Shootdown Order on 9/11 2004-07-22
- June 23, 2005: Bradbury Becomes Head of Office of Legal Counsel, Turning Office into White House Rubber Stamp 2005-06-23
- July 21, 2005: Cheney Attempts to Pre-empt Dissent on Administration’s Detention Policy 2005-07-21
- October 27, 2005: Cheney, Office of Vice President Interfered with Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Pre-war Intelligence Failures 2005-10-27
- October 28, 2005: Libby Indicted for Perjury, Obstruction of Justice over Outing of CIA Officer 2005-10-28
- October 28, 2005: Addington Becomes Cheney’s Chief of Staff 2005-10-28
- December 30, 2005: Cheney, Addington Rewrite Bush Signing Statement on Detainee Treatment Act 2005-12-30
- Before December 30, 2005: Cheney, Allies Surreptitiously Rewrite Detainee Treatment Act 2005-12-30
- March 17, 2006: Libby Defense Team Lists Intended Witnesses 2006-03-17
- April 5, 2006: Fitzgerald: Libby Testified that Bush, Cheney Selectively Declassified Intelligence to Manipulate Perceptions of Iraq War 2006-04-05