In Washington and Beyond, Disclosing a Few of Cheney's Locations
By Al Kamen
Washington Post
Seems famously secretive Vice President Cheney has been, for most of his tenure, at an undisclosed location, even if he's really just at his office, his residence, Camp David, his house in St. Michaels or the Paul Nelson hunting club in South Dakota.
His daily schedule most often says "no public events are scheduled." From May through September, for example, the Federal News Service Daybook listed about a dozen notices of his whereabouts. For August, the Reuters Daybook had him simply in Wyoming but noted that he would be at the dedication of the "Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center at Grand Teton National Park."
Cheney declares he's in neither the executive nor the legislative branch of government -- therefore not subject to instructions from the archivist to preserve documents -- and makes sure there's no paper trail. "I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble someday, just don't write any," he said three weeks ago at the Ford presidential library in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Unlike arrangements for a press pool to always be with President Bush, Cheney only sometimes takes a pool with him when he travels. Since he often goes to closed events, there's not exactly a scramble for seats, and he occasionally might invite a press favorite to hop on board Air Force 2 for a little chat.
His office is pleasantly contemptuous of the media, hewing to the White House mantra when reporters call: "When we have something to announce, we'll announce it."
When he shot an acquaintance in a hunting accident last year, no one seemed to know that he was even down in Texas, and the shooting was kept under wraps for a day.
On the other hand, it could be that Cheney, save for hunting, fishing and fundraising, is pretty much a homebody, just going to his office every day, making sure that he attends the daily intelligence briefings he receives before Bush's, sometimes asking the briefer to make sure Bush hears this or that portion.
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Washington Post
Seems famously secretive Vice President Cheney has been, for most of his tenure, at an undisclosed location, even if he's really just at his office, his residence, Camp David, his house in St. Michaels or the Paul Nelson hunting club in South Dakota.
His daily schedule most often says "no public events are scheduled." From May through September, for example, the Federal News Service Daybook listed about a dozen notices of his whereabouts. For August, the Reuters Daybook had him simply in Wyoming but noted that he would be at the dedication of the "Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center at Grand Teton National Park."
Cheney declares he's in neither the executive nor the legislative branch of government -- therefore not subject to instructions from the archivist to preserve documents -- and makes sure there's no paper trail. "I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble someday, just don't write any," he said three weeks ago at the Ford presidential library in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Unlike arrangements for a press pool to always be with President Bush, Cheney only sometimes takes a pool with him when he travels. Since he often goes to closed events, there's not exactly a scramble for seats, and he occasionally might invite a press favorite to hop on board Air Force 2 for a little chat.
His office is pleasantly contemptuous of the media, hewing to the White House mantra when reporters call: "When we have something to announce, we'll announce it."
When he shot an acquaintance in a hunting accident last year, no one seemed to know that he was even down in Texas, and the shooting was kept under wraps for a day.
On the other hand, it could be that Cheney, save for hunting, fishing and fundraising, is pretty much a homebody, just going to his office every day, making sure that he attends the daily intelligence briefings he receives before Bush's, sometimes asking the briefer to make sure Bush hears this or that portion.
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