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Texas Cops Release Cheney Shooting Report
Smoking Gun ^ | 2/16/06

Posted on 02/16/2006 11:12:36 AM PST by areafiftyone

FEBRUARY 16--Five days after Vice President Dick Cheney shot a hunting partner, a Texas sheriff today released his department's report on the incident, which investigators have formally classified as an accident. A copy of the Kenedy County Sheriff's Department report, released this afternoon by Sheriff Ramon Salinas, can be found below. The sheriff's report includes information provided to deputies by assorted witnesses as well as Cheney and Harry Whittington, the 78-year-old lawyer who was struck in the face, neck, and chest by the vice president's wayward birdshot. Cheney was interviewed Sunday morning, more than 14 hours after the Saturday afternoon incident. There is no indication in the sheriff's report that he was questioned about alcohol consumption by Chief Deputy Gilberto San Miguel, who interviewed the vice president and authored the report. Whittington, who was questioned Monday at a Corpus Christi hospital, declined to have his Q&A session taped and told investigators that "foremost there was no alcohol during the hunt" and that everyone in the hunting party was wearing proper "blaze orange" attire. In a Fox News interview yesterday, Cheney said that he downed one beer at lunch Saturday afternoon. On Tuesday, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department issued the first report on the Cheney shooting incident. (5 pages)

I am only going to post this much because the report is much too long. You can click on the link to read all of it.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesmokinggun.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cheney; harrywhittington; quailgate; shooting
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1 posted on 02/16/2006 11:12:37 AM PST by areafiftyone
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CLICK ON THE LINK TO THE SMOKING GUN SITE TO READ THE REPORT.


2 posted on 02/16/2006 11:13:25 AM PST by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: areafiftyone

Now the COPS are part of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy too?!

/sarc


3 posted on 02/16/2006 11:14:12 AM PST by clawrence3
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To: areafiftyone

So long as he wasn't muttering anything about Jodie Foster...


4 posted on 02/16/2006 11:14:30 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: areafiftyone
What are you doing?!?

Did you get approval from THE White House press corps before posting this?? Well??!?!?

5 posted on 02/16/2006 11:14:32 AM PST by Coop (FR = a lotta talk, but little action)
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To: areafiftyone

Nothing mentioned about a homicide, huh?


6 posted on 02/16/2006 11:14:42 AM PST by texianyankee
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To: areafiftyone

>> Kenedy County Sheriff's Department report <<

Irnoic, huh?

The press is all over Cheney for not having held a press conference while his friend was still being evaluated. I suppose they'd rather he be left beelding for a day or so...


7 posted on 02/16/2006 11:14:54 AM PST by dangus
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To: areafiftyone
Cheney said that he downed one beer at lunch Saturday afternoon.

What's the problem. SOP for a Texas quail hunt.

8 posted on 02/16/2006 11:15:11 AM PST by ladtx ("It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." -- -- General Douglas MacArthur)
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To: texianyankee

Where's the BAC level report??? ;)


9 posted on 02/16/2006 11:15:39 AM PST by Perdogg (I'd rather go hunting with Cheney, than riding in Ted Kennedy's car)
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To: areafiftyone

"investigators have formally classified as an accident"


Things you'll never hear:
"An accident??? Oh, never mind then."--David Gregory


10 posted on 02/16/2006 11:15:48 AM PST by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: areafiftyone

I can't keep up with all the claims now, but didn't the NYT claim the police said they were turned away when they arrived at the ranch? I could have sworn I read this somewhere.

Par. 2 of the report proves that claim wrong.


11 posted on 02/16/2006 11:16:11 AM PST by elc
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To: areafiftyone

>> who learned of a "possible hunting accident" from Captain Charles Kirk around 5:30 PM Saturday. <<

What idiot doesn't know his name is JAMES? Hehehe.


12 posted on 02/16/2006 11:16:40 AM PST by dangus
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To: areafiftyone

Can we put this stupid incident to bed now please? He's taken responsibility, the guy that got shot is okay, the police have determined no wrongdoing. Can we get back to looking for Natlee Holloway or something?


13 posted on 02/16/2006 11:17:44 AM PST by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: areafiftyone

Captain Kirk, of the Kenedy County Sherrif's Office, received a report that the Vice President of the United States shot a lawyer, and the press didn't run with the story? 10:1 the Washington Post got wind of it immediately, and thought it was a joke.


14 posted on 02/16/2006 11:17:59 AM PST by dangus
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#2 (Things you'll never hear)
"Let's be fair- how would we treat this if it had happened to John Edwards"? (White House Press Corps)


15 posted on 02/16/2006 11:19:19 AM PST by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: Coop

Are they tapping my phones yet? Wooo hooo! ;-)


16 posted on 02/16/2006 11:19:21 AM PST by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: billorites; Howlin; frankjr

As if the press are not making up even more crazy theories.

P.S. here's more info (and hunting party names) for the timeline.


17 posted on 02/16/2006 11:19:23 AM PST by clawrence3
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To: areafiftyone

*Tinfoil Hat ON* FIVE DAYS! We had to wait FIVE DAYS to read this report? Why wasn't it released before it was even finished?!? I DEMAND an investigation into this! *Tinfoil Hat OFF*


18 posted on 02/16/2006 11:19:53 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: dangus

Now if this were KENNEDY county instead of Kenedy county and it was the swimmer it would never see the light of day.


19 posted on 02/16/2006 11:20:50 AM PST by snowman1
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

OBVIOUSLY THE SHERRIF IS A REPUBLICAN SHILL AND IS COVERING FOR CHENEY IN THIS ATTEMPTED MURDER. THE RIGHT WING MEDIA WILL GO ALONG WITH THIS COVER-UP! WHY IS THE WHITE HOUSE AVOIDING DAVID GREGORY OR CNN?


20 posted on 02/16/2006 11:22:14 AM PST by Rebelbase (President Bush is a Texas jackass when it comes to Border security .)
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