Vice President Dick Cheney thumbed his nose today at inspectors from the General Accounting Office who had hoped to gain access to his Vice Presidential Palaces, where documents related to the Bush administration’s energy task force are believed to be hidden. Calling their demand to inspect his palaces a “gross indignity,” Mr. Cheney insisted nonetheless that even if they searched his many residences they would find no incriminating energy task force documents.
Mr. Cheney went on to accuse the G.A.O. of being “spies,” taunting them in a fist-pounding address to the nation.
“Let the G.A.O. and their spies search every square inch of the Vice Presidential Palaces,” a defiant Cheney bellowed. “They will find nothing here.”
Mr. Cheney went on to accuse the G.A.O. of being “spies,” taunting them in a fist-pounding address to the nation.
“Let the G.A.O. and their spies search every square inch of the Vice Presidential Palaces,” a defiant Cheney bellowed. “They will find nothing here.”
But even if Mr. Cheney agreed to let the G.A.O. inspectors search his Vice Presidential Palaces, finding what they are looking for may be easier said than done, experts say.
The Palaces, often referred to in official White House communications as Mr. Cheney’s “secure undisclosed location,” are believed to be as many as one hundred in number and reportedly cover an area equal to forty-seven football fields.
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The Palaces, often referred to in official White House communications as Mr. Cheney’s “secure undisclosed location,” are believed to be as many as one hundred in number and reportedly cover an area equal to forty-seven football fields.
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