Here are some of the latest developments in Quailgate:
The political cartoonists have been busy. Cagle.com, the website of professional cartoonist Daryl Cagle, has a collection of dozens of the cartoons.
Vice President Dick Cheney, who is known to take heart medication, had at least two drinks that day. He told Brit Hume during the interview on Fox that he drank one beer at lunch several hours before the shooting took place. He also drank a cocktail later that evening after the shooting according to comments that Katharine Armstrong made to CNN.
Fox News has the complete transcript of Brit Hume's interview with Dick Cheney. Journalists were hoping he would give a press conference about the accidental shooting instead. Many journalists also argue that Cheney did not explain the long delay in reporting the story. This article lists some of the questions journalists have for the Vice President. However, President Bush was satisfied with Cheney's answers.
Alan Dershowitz explains why he thinks the long delay in reporting the story means something is being covered up. Dershowitz uses a cost/benefit analysis to explain his argument.
An article in the New York Times cites a quail hunter who says Cheney had to have been "far closer" than 30 yards for the victim to have been hit with that many pellets.
A CBS News story said Karl Rove pushed Cheney to do the interview with Fox News. The article said Cheney is in a "state of meltdown" over shooting his friend and the political fallout it created.
Media Matters notes that many media outlets did not report that contradiction between Cheney's beer consumption and ranch owner Katharine Armstrong's comments that Dr. Pepper was served at lunch.
The local sherrif's office has closed its investigation. No charges will be filed.
