Let's face it--Cheney has a history of irresponsibly abusing booze and there is a definite possibility that he was drunk--and perhaps he didn't have a hunting license as well. That would explain the 24 wait to notify the press--they had to get the booze out of him and wake up some fish and game lakey to back-date the paperwork for the license.
You forgot that Karl Rove orchestrated the immediate cover-up of this outrageous attempt at silencing someone no one ever heard of over absolutely nothing. It was only through the efforts of a well placed undercover Dem from DU masquerading as a Nurse that this was leaked out so everyone would know what a murderous regime is in the White House today.
Oh well, we should get a good laugh over this unfortunate, but no news incident being expolited this week.