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.
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Good one......by the way, I heard on Hannity's radio program this afternoon that teddy made a somewhat snide remark in the Senate that was in reference to the Cheney shooting incident - it was within earshot of hillary as well, she was described as "laughing out loud."
I wish I could quote the remark that Teddy said - but it wouldnt be correct.
If Cheney had shot john edwards {and he went room temperature}, I would have suggested that Cheney should plead self defense. s/off
Why was this released. Mr Cheney has a right of privacy just like anybody else. The fact that it was ruled an accident should be the only information necessary. This smoking gun site shouldn't be allowed to print this.
INteresting - thanks.
Back toi the real point, the poster I was responding to seemed to be implying that the SS's job was to delay the sherrif's interview, that is just not part of their duties insofar as I understand them.
ANyway, cleared of charges so the point is moot. Also per above poster sprayed birdshot really is no big deal from an LEO POV - that was the part that had been confusing me about the delayed interview (but no longer).
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