Glenn Greenwald, in a May 16 piece on Substack, presents the evidence that Liz Cheney, the new darling of liberals from Congress to the media, has been lying in interviews, denying that she pushed the “Russian bounties” story to make sure President Donald Trump did not succeed in ending U.S. troop deployments in the Afghan War last year. In an interview with Bret Baier on Fox News, Cheney heatedly denied ever having pushed the story that Russia paid Taliban fighters to kill American soldiers, now abandoned by the U.S. intelligence agencies but still flogged by Congressional neo-cons like Sen. Robert Menendez and Rep. Adam Schiff. And of course, Dick Cheney’s loyal warmonger daughter has been promoting the narrative that her determination to drive Donald Trump out of politics arises from constitutional concerns and his election “big lie".
But Greenwald marshals the quotes from Cheney herself which prove the opposite, including this one from June 27, 2020, when it was on her website: “After today’s briefing with senior White House officials, we remain concerned about Russian activity in Afghanistan, including reports that they have targeted U.S. forces. It has been clear for some time that Russia does not wish us well in Afghanistan. We believe it is important to vigorously pursue any information related to Russia or any other country targeting our forces. Congress has no more important obligation than providing for the security of our nation and ensuring our forces have the resources they need.” Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) was the other part of “we” in the statement.
That same day, the New York Times had published the first lying article about the “Russian bounties", not naming its sources. They may have been in the House Armed Services Committee – the way Dick Cheney would habitually leak a lie into the media and then “adopt it” from them.
