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50. On 09-11-2001, Cheney and his wife were in a secure operations room.

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 05:06 AM

Apr 20

Richard Clarke wanted the large monitor to display intelligence feeds. Mrs. Cheney insisted that the monitor be tuned to CNN.

I am going by my memory in supplying the foregoing anecdote. I am sure that I read it somewhere shortly after 9-11. It may not be true.

Of interest is that the room might have been the Presidential Emergency Operations Center. That room was beneath The East Wing, all of which is now gone because of Trump.

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Oh my.. trDUMP would then find them defective human beings who should be hidden,... magicarpet Apr 20 #59

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"kept out of the room" Talitha Apr 19 #16

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Every attempt he makes to get himself out of a mess he created just creates a bigger mess Attilatheblond Apr 19 #37

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You would think bdamomma Apr 19 #44

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I wish I could time travel 100 years in the future BigmanPigman Apr 20 #58

Same here. wnylib Apr 20 #60

On 09-11-2001, Cheney and his wife were in a secure operations room. John1956PA Apr 20 #50

I remember a DUer saying Trump wasn't absent, he was "busy overseeing the rescue operation" Skittles Apr 20 #51

He could not keep his mouth shut, leanforward Apr 20 #56