Cheney's "Undisclosed Location" Revealed?

By: Igor Kossov
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(CBS)

One of the things former Vice President Dick Cheney will be remembered for his having been spirited off to an "undisclosed location" following the Sept. 11 attacks. And now we know where that location may be.

As Eleanor Clift of Newsweek writes, Vice President Joe Biden talked about the possible spot earlier this year during the Gridiron Club dinner, an exclusive annual event for Washington journalists and bureau chiefs.

Biden reportedly suggested Cheney's hideaway is a "bunker-like" room under the Naval Observatory in Washington, where Biden, in his role as vice president, now lives. A young naval officer leading the vice president on a tour of the building reportedly showed Biden the "massive steel door" at the end of a narrow hallway where he said Cheney's aides – and apparently the vice president himself, though that's unclear from Clift's report – would spend their time in lock down, surrounded by communications equipment.

One of the most powerful vice presidents in history, Cheney played a major role in crafting many of former president George W. Bush's policies. At the dinner, Biden reportedly hinted that those policies were not surprising, given what the bunker looked like.

The Naval Observatory is located almost two miles northwest of the White House, just south of Embassy Row.

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by sjc_1 May 19, 2009 2:43 PM EDT: "..that is a Federal crime and treason."

Cheney was over at CIA on a regular basis trying to force Tenant to say that it was a "slam dunk". Cheney is evil and the world will be a much better place the day that he dies.; Reply to this comment


by ReallyMeanIt May 19, 2009 12:21 PM EDT: Hitler and Cheney have much in common.
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Don't forget barrack.; Reply to this comment


by Tiger-O-Lily May 19, 2009 12:13 PM EDT: Stn_sage wrote...."Who CARES where this lying, coward hid out whenever he felt scared?! I certainly DON'T! Though, he always had time to "surface" and lie to the public or commit some criminal act!...nothing changed!
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FYI........Have you ever thought that it might be a good idea to keep the President and Vice President separate during all that chaos? Ever heard of Presidential succession? Oh, never mind, reality shouldn't matter to people like you.; Reply to this comment


by architekker-2009 May 19, 2009 9:36 AM EDT: Joe is pretty stupid being a VP!; Reply to this comment


by hwy71so May 19, 2009 8:33 AM EDT: Biden is incompetent. This whole administration you lwnjs elected are a bunch of boobs.; Reply to this comment


by hwy71so May 19, 2009 8:32 AM EDT: What an incomp this Veep is... :(; Reply to this comment


by glbz May 18, 2009 11:05 PM EDT: I think it is a misnomer to call the bunker/comm center "The VP's" bunker. It may have been Cheney's hideaway, but I haven't seen anything suggesting it was ever used by anyone else. And, while all you folks are discussing Biden's big mouth let's remember that it was Cheney who outed a working covert CIA agent. That's not just being a motor mouth, that is a Federal crime and treason.; Reply to this comment


by stn_sage May 18, 2009 9:55 PM EDT: Who CARES where this lying, coward hid out whenever he felt scared?! I certainly DON'T!

Though, he always had time to "surface" and lie to the public or commit some criminal act!

...nothing changed!

Even today, he comes out of hiding to go on TV and lie to the public and bad-mouth America and Americans, then slink off to one of his hideouts!

...good riddance!

Since authorities will not punish him for HIS crimes, let's forget the scumbag even exists!; Reply to this comment


by bradkt1 May 18, 2009 6:04 PM EDT: No point in keeping it a secret if Cheney won't stay there...forever.; Reply to this comment


by 6591Hou May 18, 2009 5:45 PM EDT: There's no penalty and no foul....Cheney's not likely to use the bunker again anyway.; Reply to this comment