Infowars | February 14, 2006

By Kevin Smith

Cheney Shooting Update By Alex Jones What we had deducted almost immediately after Cheney machine began rolling on this shooting is now finally starting to filter out into the rest of the media: It is not only unlikely that Whittington was injured in the way he reportedly was if Cheney had shot him from 30 yards it is impossible. After reviewing the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife report on the shooting, there is no doubt that this is a cover-up. The pattern of the birdshot depicted in the diagram on the report indicates about a foot spread from cheek to chest. As we previously reported, birdshot is not like a traditional bullet. Birdshot is composed of hundreds of tiny lead BB's with very low mass which are designed to spread out and slow down very quickly. The idea is basically to shoot out a bunch of tiny pellets to catch a bird that may be taking wing at the instant it recognizes the shot has been fired. Many points ensure greater likelyhood of hitting the target. These pellets are incredibly tiny and the further they get away from the gun, the slower and less forceful they become. So at a distance of about 90 feet (or 30 yards as reported by the White House) the pellets would have hit Whittington with the force equivilent to a gentle shove and have left maybe some tiny surface marks on any exposed skin. The only way to account for the pattern indicated on the TDPW report is if Cheney was about 10 feet away from Whittington when he shot him. Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Reports and press releases that followed the event explained that some of the pellets had become lodged in his heart tissue. The only way this is possible, the only way that the tiny pellets designed to spread over distance could have maintained the force necessary to penetrate Whittington's hunting vest, clothing, skin, muscle, bone and finally into his rock-hard heart would have been if they came from a much shorter distance than the White House is claiming. The initial reports have Whittington making jokes and feeling fine after the shooting, but doctors would have been able to diagnose with a simple x-ray that there was a chunk of metal in his heart tissue immediately upon receiving him. Now that he has taken a turn for the worse, they are in scramble-mode to cover-up what really happened in case he dies.

When
initial reports of Vice President Cheney's hunting accident surfaced I
must admit that I thought something seemed amiss. Simply put, the
scenario as related by the White House violates all the rules of Bird Hunting 101.

Rule
Number One: You don’t rotate out of a limited arc of fire when you’re
hunting with three or four other hunters. Reports are that Cheney
tracked a quail that had flushed, then he quickly swung around and
shot. Unfortunately Mr. Whittington and the bird were in the same place
at the same time.

"This all happened pretty
quickly," Ms. Armstrong, the owner of the property where Cheney and his
buddies had been hunting, said in a telephone interview from her ranch.
Mr. Whittington, she said, "did not announce — which would be protocol
— 'Hey, it's me, I'm coming up,' " she said.

It’s
not clear whether or not they were using birddogs, but it seems silly
to suggest that hunters would yell out their postions while stalking
through fields and brush trying to sneak up on their prey. Furthermore,
since hunters wear hearing protection, verbal communication is not the
most effective form of identification. That’s why hunters wear bright
orange vest and hats, all reports indicate this was the case with
Cheney and his hunting party.

"It's incumbent
upon the shooter to assess the situation and make sure it's a safe
shot," said Mark Birkhauser, President-elect of the International
Hunter Education Association and Hunter Education Coordinator in New
Mexico. "Once you squeeze that trigger, you can't bring that shot
back."


The same basic comment is echoed by
Duane Harvey, President of the Wisconsin Hunter Education Instructors
Association, who said if Whittington had made his presence known "that
would have been a polite thing to do." But, he added, "it's still the
fault upon the shooter to identify his target and what is beyond it."

Then comes the delay of Sheriff Ramon Salinas III of Kenedy County
access to the Vice President from the time of the shooting at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday until an interview at 8 a.m. Sunday morning.

Secret
Service spokesman Eric Zahren stated that about an hour after the
shooting the local Secret Service office notified the Sheriffs'
Department of the shooting and arrangements were made for an interview.
Saturday night at least one deputy showed up at the ranch's front gate
and asked to speak to Cheney but was turned away by the Secret Service,
Zahren said. This sort of delaying tactic is indicative of
drunk-driving hit and runs by rich kids allowing the necessary time to
sober up, contact your attorney and get your story straight.

Numerous reports stated that Mr. Whittington injuries were not life
threatening and that he was in good spirits and cracking jokes. Now the
story has become that there are pellets lodged in his heart and he’s now had a heart attack.

No one is saying this shooting was intentional or done with any malice
whatsoever, but after you look over the ballistic statistics that we
complied from the Tactical Shotgun website it will be all too obvious that the story offered by the White House, that Mr. Whittington was peppered with birdshot from 30 yards away
is simply false. Remember these statistics are complied for a much more
powerful 12 gauge round versus a dainty 28 gauge, and from a distance
of only 3 yards (9ft).

Birdshot

Birdshot is typically a poor choice for deployment as a tactical load,
owing primarily to it's poor sectional density. It bleeds velocity and
energy quickly and as such has limited effectiveness at close range
which rapidly erodes to zero effectiveness as range increases.
Ironically, people often choose birdshot because of it's poor sectional
density/penetrating capability. This choice is often made in
consideration of a densely populated urban or family environment where
the shotgun operators are concerned about collateral damage as a result
of either building material penetration in the event of missed shots
and over penetration in the event of a good, solid hit on target.

The simple truth of the matter is that unless contact distances are
involved (5 yards or less), most birdshot lacks the penetrating
capability required to inflict meaningful wound trauma. Wounds from
birdshot tend to be extremely gruesome, yet shallow. They often shred
and destroy a large volume of tissue but don't penetrate deep enough to
damage critical cardiovascular or CNS structures required for
incapacitation. Clothing can further amplify these poor penetration
characteristics.

While increasingly difficult to
acquire as a result of being banned for waterfowl hunting, lead BB is
likely the smallest shot we would elect to use in a tactical
application. This choice would only be made in the densely populated
family/urban environment mentioned above, and anyone making this choice
would be wisely counciled to have more significant ammunition
immediately available in the event that the lead BB does not produce
the desired effect.

Gelatin Testing: #4 Birdshot Statistics Range: 3 yards Shotgun: 18 inch barreled Remington 870 Marine Magnumn Round: 12 gauge 2¾ Remington Heavy Dove 1-1/8 oz #4 Birdshot Gelatin: 9'x9'x19' 10% ordinance gelatin block Measured Average Permenant Cavity: 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) Temporary Stretch Cavity: 0.0 to 6.0 inches (0.0 to 15.2 cm) Calibration BB Velocity: 624 fps Calibration BB Penetration: 12.3 cm

#4 Remington Heavy Dove out of an 18 inch barreled Remington 870 Marine Magnum

Observations

Small sized birdshot such as this #4 heavy dove load is a poor choice
for deployment with a tactical shotgun. Wounds inflicted from birdshot
tend to be gruesome yet shallow as they lack the penetration required
to reach vital cardiovascular or central nervous system structures.
 

Gelatin Testing: Kent Tungsten Matrix #5 Birdshot Statistics Range: 3 yards Shotgun: 18 inch barreled Remington 870 Marine Magnumn Round: 12 gauge 2¾ Kent Tungsten Matrix #5 Birdshot Gelatin: 9'x9'x19' 10% ordinance gelatin block Measured Average Permenant Cavity Penetration: 7.5 inches (19.5 cm) Measured Temporary Stretch Cavity: 0.0 to 6.5 inches (0.0 - 16.5 cm) Calibration BB Velocity: 631 fps Calibration BB Penetration: 14.3 cm

Small
sized birdshot such as this #5 Tungsten Matrix load is a poor choice
for deployment with a tactical shotgun. Wounds inflicted from birdshot
tend to be gruesome yet shallow as they lack the penetration required
to reach vital cardiovascular or central nervous system structures.
 

The
only way that birdshot could have possibly penetrated into
Whittington's heart, given the minimal force impact capacity of the
shot is if he was shot from incredibly close range. This then means
that the whole event requires a greater level of scrutiny. If they lied
about the distance of the shot, its probably one of many lies.

The
delay in reporting the event to the authorities and the delay in the
White House's release of the information to the press is more evidence
of impropriety.

It seems clear that this is a
cover-up in progress. The hospital where Whittington was taken after
the shooting is a heavily guarded facility where he is being operated
upon and monitored by doctors and surgeons close to the President and
Vice President. These highly skilled medical professionals would have
known instantly by a simple X-Ray if he had suffered from a shot to the
heart. These doctors, loyal to the the Bush-Cheney cabal are clearly
colluding to conceal information about Whittington's actual condition
for their masters.

Cheney is powermad and thinks
he should be free to get away with anything. He obviously belives that
he and his buddies are above the law. The event very well might have
been a stupid, drunken hunting accident but it has now become a
multi-tiered cover-up to conceal what really happened.

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