# White House 9-11 photos released **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201 "2015-07-26T00:46:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/1 "2015-07-26T00:46:58Z")
> **[Photos of Cheney, Bush from 9/11 released for first time | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/25/politics/gallery/cheney-911-photos-released/index.html)** > > More than 350 photos focusing on then-Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials on September 11, 2001, have been released following a Freedom of Information Act request. I had seen a similar picture to #6 released not long afterwards, but the others are new to me. Interesting that Camp David was the Vice President’s first “secure undisclosed location.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/2 "2015-07-26T01:04:34Z")
The first picture if Dick Cheney made Tapatalk crash on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/3 "2015-07-26T01:41:05Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > The first picture if Dick Cheney made Tapatalk crash on my phone. Did your phone apologize to Mr. Cheney? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/4 "2015-07-26T02:01:58Z")
I don’t know. It’s been flashing and buzzing, so presumably is having some sort of cyborg chat that I’m not privy to. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/5 "2015-07-26T02:05:36Z")
It’s crazy how young he looks. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/6 "2015-07-26T02:05:42Z")
Those pictures sure make it seem like it is President Cheney and subordinate Bush. Cheney is in the middle of seemingly every discussion, Bush is in only a few. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/7 "2015-07-26T02:09:14Z")
Bush was on an airplane for quite a time that day. I don’t think it is a fair criticism, given we don’t have the time each photo was taken. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/8 "2015-07-26T02:14:59Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Bush was on an airplane for quite a time that day. I don’t think it is a fair criticism, given we don’t have the time each photo was taken. Ah, good point. You’re right, we don’t know the timing. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/9 "2015-07-26T02:22:01Z")
The President got back to the White House a little before 7pm EST, so it’s not surprising he’s not in many pictures there that day: [Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_for_the_day_of_the_September_11_attacks) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/10 "2015-07-26T02:22:02Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Those pictures sure make it seem like it is President Cheney and subordinate Bush. Cheney is in the middle of seemingly every discussion, Bush is in only a few. Well, that’s how it was. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/11 "2015-07-26T02:27:07Z")
Okay, just looked at the pics. Geez, for the most part, they really do emphasize Cheney. Many of them _literally_ look like he has a spotlight on him. In Pic #7, he appears to be describing to Bush how big somebody’s boobs are, while Bush is all, like, :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/12 "2015-07-26T02:31:11Z")
One of the captions mentions the pics were taken by Cheney’s staff photographer, so that’s why he’s in the middle of most of them. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/13 "2015-07-26T04:41:58Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Those pictures sure make it seem like it is President Cheney and subordinate Bush. Cheney is in the middle of seemingly every discussion, Bush is in only a few. I’ll second the highly relevant point that it was Cheney’s photographer taking the pictures. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/14 "2015-07-26T05:54:17Z")
Its quite obviously from 14 years ago. Tbe fashions and cut of clothing make that obvious. No flags on lapels either. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/15 "2015-07-26T09:41:48Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Its quite obviously from 14 years ago. Tbe fashions and cut of clothing make that obvious. > > No flags on lapels either. No one is questioning these are from 14 years ago. It’s a question of were these taken while Bush was in the air that day. Also, I didn’t catch the credit to Cheney’s assigned photographer. Actually I find the concept that the VP has a dude with a camera following him around all the time rather bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/16 "2015-07-26T09:57:38Z")
For some reason it reminds me of scrambling at the last minute to complete some group project in high school or college. Which I guess ultimately isn’t too far off from the truth of things. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-9-11-photos-released/726201/17 "2015-07-26T18:00:13Z")
There was an awful lot of improvisation going on that day, to be sure.