Does Watergates legacy hinder the war on terror?
Source: WSJ (1-28-06) In the vice president’s office in the West Wing of the White House hang portraits of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson–or “No. 1 and No. 2,” as the current occupant of the office calls them. No. 46, Richard B. Cheney, sat at his desk Tuesday morning for an interview with Paul Gigot, editor of this page, and me. A day earlier, the vice president had attended a farewell dinner for Alan Greenspan, who steps down next week after more than 18 years at the Federal Reserve. Our conversation began with Mr. Cheney reminiscing about when, as a 30-year-old appointee in the Nixon administration, he first met Mr. Greenspan, then an economist consulting for the government. “I was the assistant director of the Cost of Living Council in charge of operations”–that is, of administering wage and price controls. “I had about 3,000 IRS agents trying to enforce those damn things,” Mr. Cheney recalls with rueful humor. “I don’t put [it] on my rsum.” Not that Mr. Cheney, who turns 65 on
