US Vice President Cheney Set to Slam Bush in Memoirs

Some of Cheney's ‘friends' have been talking to the Washington Post after taking part in group sessions to help Cheney get information for the book. Photo by latimes.com

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney is writing his memoirs and is set to dish out a large amount of criticism of former US President George W Bush.

Cheney is allegedly telling friends that "the statute of limitations has expired" on tensions between them, the Wall Street Journal reported.

As Time magazine reported last month, Cheney was furious at Bush for not pardoning Scooter Libby, the vice presidential aide who, in Cheney's words, "was asked to stick his neck in the meat grinder" by not disclosing all he knew about who leaked CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity to the press.

Some of Cheney's ‘friends' have been talking to the Washington Post after taking part in group sessions to help Cheney get information for the book. One Cheney associate stated that the former vice president is mad at Bush for being "shackled" by public opinion.