BACKGROUND
Cheney, the Vice President, is the first in line to be President in the event of President Bush's death, resignation or impeachment. He also casts the deciding vote in the Senate in the event of a tie vote. Cheney was the sole representative from Wyoming to the House of Representatives for 5 terms, held several positions in the Ford Administration and was Secretary of Defense for the President's father during the first Gulf War, assisted by Wolfowitz, the current Deputy Secretary of Defense. Prior to joining the Administration, he was C.E.O. of Halliburton, Inc., the $16 billion energy services firm whose revenues in 2003 increased 30% due to government contract work in the Middle East. His assistant is "Scooter" Libby.

PREMISE OF THE SUIT
SPADES are members of President George W. Bush's Administration, either Cabinet members or Advisors. The departments they lead implement the rules and policies established by the Administration as well as by the laws passed by the U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate. They are in power as appointees of the President who is in office because of the choices made in the 2000 Presidential election by the voters and the U.S. Supreme Court.

LINKS
www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/vpbio.html
www.fpc.state.gov/8488.htm