Former Cheney aide offers insight to Seymour Hersh allegations

Seymour Hersh suggested last month that Dick Cheney ran an executive assassination ring out of the White House, and subjected himself to wide criticism from the right-wing. However, when interviewed on CNN, along with former Cheney aide John Hannah did not entirely dispute Hersh's allegations. Think Progress, Raw Story and others have all covered this in great detail. While the Pentagon lends credibility to Seymour Hersh's reporting, it has yet to offer a substantive comment.

Appearing with Wolf Blitzer, John Hannah watched an interview with Mr. Hersh and offered this:


"There’s clearly a group of people that go through a very extremely well-vetted process, interagency process…that have committed acts of war against the United States, who are at war with the United States or are suspected of planning operations of war against the United States, who authority is given to our troops in the field in certain war theaters to capture or kill those individuals. That is certainly true."

While most in the country wouldn't argue that the former VP had his own agenda while serving his two terms, but this is clearly a war crime as suggested by John Dean. In 1976, then President Gerald Ford signed the executive order prohibiting anyone who is employed by the U.S. government from conspiring or engaging in political assassination. We'll see how this unravels. Keep in mind, high ranking Bush/Cheney officials are being sued by a Spanish Human Rights lawyer