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| How VP Dick Cheney led the charge in the War on Terrorism, got Saddam hanged and ended Libya's Gaddafi. |
| 2026-08-26 |
| [YouTube] An investigation into former Vice President Dick Cheney’s role as chief architect of the war on terror — and his internal war with the CIA. (Aired 2006) In “The Dark Side,” which aired in 2006, FRONTLINE investigated the internal war that was waged between the intelligence community and former Vice President Dick Cheney after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Just after the attacks, Cheney told Americans: “A lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly, without any discussion, using sources and methods that are available to our intelligence agencies.”. He warned the public that the government would have to operate on the “dark side.” This documentary detailed the vice president’s role as the chief architect of the war on terror, and his battle with former Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet for control of the “dark side.” After 9/11, both leaders acted fast to prepare the U.S. for a new kind of war. But soon a debate grew over the goals of the war on terror, and the decision to go to war in Iraq. Drawing on more than 40 interviews and thousands of documents, this film provided a step-by-step examination of what happened inside the councils of war at that time. Cheney died on Nov. 3, 2025, at age 84. Related: Dick Cheney 02/24/2026 Mike Johnson denies Jesse Jackson's family request for civil rights icon to lie in honor at Capitol Dick Cheney 02/04/2026 'Bush was hypnotized!': How the US deprived Ukraine of nuclear weapons Dick Cheney 12/09/2025 US envoy Mike Waltz raises ‘need for stability in West Bank’ in talks with Jordan’s king |
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