SIRIUS Satellite Radio's Alex Bennett (SIRIUS Left Ch 146) just broke a rumor that the delay in reporting the news that Cheney shot err "peppered" 78-year-old Harry Whittington in the heart was due to an effort to hide or spin Cheney's female companion, Pamela Willeford. Pamela Willeford was part of the hunting excursion with Cheney and Whittington and was next to Cheney when the shooting of Whittington took place.

According to the report, the vice president's Secret Service detail had to decide what to do with Willeford by way of perhaps covering up her relationship with Cheney - hence the delay in reporting the news.

[Yahoo News and more at The Huffington Post]