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  • The one senior official who was not mentioned -- presumably because of the talent for remaining behind the scenes that once earned him the secret service nickname "Backseat" -- was Dick Cheney.

    Andy Worthington: The Ten Lies of Dick Cheney (Part One) 2009

  • I was Senior Guy in Backseat (GIB) and I crewed with Bud Flesher (Captain) in

    Berger, James R. 1977

  • The system, which Sirius calls Backseat TV, lets back-seat passengers watch their favorite Disney Channel or Nickelodeon shows using headphones while front passengers listen to Sirius satellite radio.

    Auto makers plan to showcase digital gadgets in Las Vegas 2007

  • The system, which Sirius calls Backseat TV, lets back-seat passengers watch their favorite Disney Channel or Nickelodeon shows using headphones while front passengers listen to Sirius satellite radio.

    Digital Devices Hit the Road 2007

  • The system, which Sirius calls Backseat TV, lets back-seat passengers watch Disney Channel or Nickelodeon shows using headphones while front passengers listen to Sirius satellite radio.

    Digital devices give car electronics new juice 2007

  • A scaled-back satellite-based service from Sirius called Backseat TV tries to overcome this limitation.

    NYT > Technology By JOHN R. QUAIN 2010

  • Minnie Driver's folks resisted naming her, "Backseat," Barry Bond's parents didn't name him, "Junk," and Brad Pitt's parents held back from naming him, "Arm."

    Lloyd Garver: The Name Game 2009

  • Dick Cheney, whose Secret Service code name when he was President Gerald Ford's chief of staff, "Backseat," suggested his invisible influence, was the originator of the imperial presidency.

    Sidney Blumenthal: The Strange Death of Republican America 2008

  • His Secret Service code name was once "Backseat," and not by accident.

    Backseat Driver 2008

  • Besides or behind the Ducker-In-Chief, the one CIA refers to as "Backseat" has certainly brought in criminal meaning to the term "vice" as in vice-President. by

    Will 'Tough Guy' Dick Cheney Cop Out as Usual and Take a Pardon? 2008

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