With Cheney gone, Google gains sky view of VP's home

January 27, 2009 Dick Cheney

Google Maps has a clear satellite view of the US vice president's home available online in a development that curiously coincides with the departure of secret-prone Dick Cheney, pictured in 2007.

Google Maps has a clear satellite view of the US vice president's home available online in a development that curiously coincides with the departure of secret-prone Dick Cheney.



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  • itistoday - Jan 27, 2009
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    Excellent picture of Cheney to complement this article.
  • theophys - Jan 27, 2009
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    That guy never ceases to crack me up. I always expected him to leave the terrorists and go for Batman.(he sounds like the penguin, hahahahaha)
  • Mercury_01 - Jan 27, 2009
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    and just what far flung country did he flee to?

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