Seeing references to a transcript, I searched in vain for a transcript but I did notice that the report, which I read in full, says that this is a report from someone not authorized to report and then rigid and into a story by a second party, a reporter presumably from the Washington Post.
It sounds like hearsay on hearsay and as such I put very little credence in the tone which the writer seeks to inject into the exchange between the vice president and the former vice president, nor do I infer that any of the questions themselves properly exposed Cheney as a severe critic of the administration.
An actual transcript might be dispositive, right now all we have is the administration hating Washington Post reporting thirdhand between a vice president whom they hate and a former vice president whom they really hate concerning the policies of the president whom they really, really hate.
Fake news?
Good call out. From the article, “The transcript was provided by a person familiar with the meeting who was not authorized to share material from the event. All attendees had agreed to keep the discussions “off the record,” the person said.”
“Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.”
Simply, hearsay, nothing more.