Probing Dick Cheney’s role in the war on terror and his power struggle with the CIA.

The Dark Side FRONTLINE

Premiered June 20, 2006
The Dark Side

After 9/11, Vice President Richard Cheney seized the initiative. He pushed to expand executive power, transform America’s intelligence agencies and bring the war on terror to Iraq. But first, he had to take on George Tenet’s CIA for control over intelligence.

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