The frightening cost of the Cheney Swamp thing

Keeping this hideous blob in various undisclosed locations is what's driving the record deficit according to a former hill staffer I spoke to ' off-the-record'.

Cheney's office has not been forthcoming with disclosure of travel expenses. Center for Public Integrity: "[The public is kept largely unaware of where he and his staff are traveling, with whom they are meeting and how much it costs, even though tax dollars are covering the bill." [WP]

A recent interviewer from the LA Times, before that paper was engulfed and devoured , also reported an amazing amount of security around Cheney. ' Half the City was in lockdown', she said, ' the cost of overtime alone would probably fill Arnie Coulters shoe closet.