News Summary

• David Rothkopf: Dick Cheney was a patriot of deep and immoderate convictions, driven by vivid perceptions of national peril.
• He gave himself license, accordingly, to break rules, stretch the law, and conceal much of his work, he says.
• He says Cheney was fundamentally honest about who he was and what he stood for, but he told significant lies when he thought them imperative to promote a greater good.
• Rothkapf: Cheney did not mislead for personal advantage because he feared that Congress and his fellow citizens would make the wrong choices.