Old Blood

When Scooter Libby was forced to resign shortly before he was indicted, the office of the Vice President could have cast off some of the previous burdens of manufacturing intelligence. However, as reported by MSNBC reports that his successor, David Addington was mentioned in Patrick Fitzgerald's indictment of Scooter Libby as being part of conversations of Valerie Wilson's identity. He was also heavily involved in the efforts to increase executive power and create an extreme degree of secrecy starting with Cheney's meetings with corporate heads (including Enron's Kenneth Lay) to formulate energy policy.