Who was that mysterious briefer on Cheney's plane?

[Kadie]

Who was that mysterious briefer on Cheney's plane?
Wed Feb 28, 12:29 PM ET


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The senior Bush administration official who briefed anonymously on Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan sounded suspiciously like, well, Cheney himself.

The White House transcript of the Tuesday briefing left little room for doubt as to the official's identity, including this opening sentence:

"The reason the president wanted me to come, obviously, is because of the continuing threat that exists in this part of the world on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border," the official said.

Cheney had just left Afghanistan, where a suicide bomb attack against Bagram air base killed up to 14 people. Cheney used the visit to the two countries to press for stronger action against the Taliban and al Qaeda.

"Let me just make one editorial comment here. I've seen some press reporting (that) says, 'Cheney went in to beat up on them, threaten them.' That's not the way I work," the official said.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070228/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_cheney_briefing_1


For Immediate Release
Office of the Vice President
February 27, 2007

Interview of a Senior Administration Official by the Traveling Press
Aboard Air Force Two
En Route Muscat, Oman


3:07 P.M. (Local)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/02/20070227-8.html


For Immediate Release
Office of the Vice President
February 27, 2007

Vice President's Remarks to the Traveling Press
Aboard Air Force Two
En Route Muscat, Oman

3:19 P.M. (Local)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/02/20070227.html

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