"DSK" wrote in message news:rm3Dc.8

... only in a public
building, with lots of public officials, and photographers... maybe a
few aides, maybe a few friends & family, probably one or two
reporters...

Neither of us knows exactly who was present, so it is all speculation. I do
understand, though, that this was a closed photo session for the annual
Senate photo -- Senators, a few aides, I guess, the photographer, of course.
Definitely not open to the public, and I have not seen or read any
indication that family was involved.


but of course the Vice-President's papers are all
ultra-secret (especially those having to do with industry & lobbyists
influence on public policy) so it makes sense to keep his spoken words
under wraps too. It's just a darn shame this got "leaked."

The country would be better off if it were easier for the gov't to keep
anything secret, wouldn't it?

Irrelevant to the question at hand.




My opinions are rarely humble, Richard Cheney never (I suspect) suffers
loss
of self-control

Oh no, of course not. He is the perfect Boy Scout.

Being very much in control does not make him a "Boy Scout." Why would you
think that? The two are not necessarily linked. The point, if I must
explain it, is that I don't think Dick Cheney ever says anything through
loss of self control. If he told Leahy to eff himself, you can be pretty
confident that that is exactly what he wanted to say.