14 February 2006 05:00
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Slow Leak: How Cheney Stalled News Reports of Hunting Accident - TIME.com
Word of the mishap took 20 hours to get out as the Vice President insisted on telling a local newspaper before everyone else, sources say
13 February 2006 19:00
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Cheney under the gun over hunt - The Courier-Mail
The incident occurred on Saturday, when Mr Cheney, Mr Whittington and another hunter were scouting quail on a South Texas ranch. The vice president's office did not announce the accident for 24 hours, after a local newspaper reported the incident.
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