Dick Cheney dead: Five of his biggest controversies

Dick Cheney, the most powerful vice president in modern American history, has died at 84. His death brings to a close one of the most divisive legacies in US politics, a career that combined ruthless pragmatism, unflinching conviction, and controversy at every turn. Cheney was the architect of the “war on terror”, the driving force behind the invasion of Iraq, and the man who redefined the limits of executive power in the name of national security. But for all his achievements, his record remains shadowed by scandals and decisions that changed the world — and not always for the better. Cheney’s greatest political triumph was also his most enduring controversy. After the attacks of September 11, he became the loudest voice insisting that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruc