Cheney warns of a need for new surveillance law…
right.
Otherwise what? If we don't, and we get attacked, it will be our fault?

We've been doing this for decades, before and after the break up of AT&T this was seen as the Telecom's role and duty. This is not new, especially to those with long tenures at high levels within the Bell System.

All the candidates in the presidential primary races have their own plan to solve the problem of national health care. They proudly proclaim that when they are elected president, national health care will be one of their priorities. My question is ,why aren't the candidates, who are in congress, proposing legislation now to address this problem using their plan? Why are they wasting time to be elected and sworn in as president? People are suffering and sometimes dying because of the lack of health care!! Here is a chance to show us they mean what they say TODAY, not a year from now.

Yes, he should be in the Hague for war crimes. Cheney is one of the worst terrorists in existence. By creating and acting on a plan for world dominance using military force, Cheney via Bush has created a horrifying position for Americans.

Do not believe that because he only has 300+ days left, that they cannot make things worse. Cheney and company will use all the hype and attention with the presidential campaigns to slide more illegal acts past us. Keep on top of it. Do not let the media storm take your eyes off this man.

Remember Nixon and his illegal wiretapping of opponents and theft of documents from the Democratic Party offices? By using warrantless surveillance of suspected terrorists, imagine what Cheney could do for the Republican Party in this election. Remember, this surveillance is used on all phone calls and internet usage, not just on a targeted few. It has been reported that the government has an office at the AT&T headquarters so they can monitor all calls.

Keep in touch with your Congress members. Keep pressing them to do away with this surveillance. We cannot afford to allow this administration any more open and easy access into our lives via phone calls and internet usage. Tell your Congress members to stand up for our constitutional rights. Stand up for us.

If a Republican is elected to the White House, next year's headline will read "Vice President warns Congress of need for new Constitution."

And we were all duped in believing George W Bush is for small/limited government.. Republicans have big government, they want to put Democracy every place in the world, bigger military, bigger investment in the military industrial complex; we want to go and solve every problem in every dictatorship in the world. That's bigger government. That's more government involvement. That's big tax payer spending. And that's what the Republicans have wanted to do

Having grown up in the greatest nation in the world, a nation respected for its courts and freedoms, I say who cares what the Cheney says. He and his type have made this nation a nation that now finds its self on a list warning countries that individuals may be tortured. We are no longer respected but despised, a human rights violater and a nation that 20 years ago we would not do trade with due to human right violations.

We do not need new legislation surveillance of suspected terrorists, we need to start following our Constitution and laws that are correct and on the books in dealing with crimminals. Terrorists are nothing special, they are crimminals and to treat them any other way falls right into line with what they want.

Franklin said it best when he warned the Congress that they had better beware of what rights and freedoms they were willing to give up to ensure security, or they would awaken and find that they had no rights or security.

A great American Dick Cheney, more than willing to send our soldiers off to war, after all he had six draft deferments, because he had more important things to do than defend our nation. Impeach Cheney.

Mr. Cheney missed his calling by being born too late. Had he been born around 1898 he could have found a good job in Germany with Hitler.

Yes we know its all lies, but remember these "criminals" have been very successfull at the "fear" game, makes you really wonder what all that "surveillance" has provided as "insurance" that the congress and house will put up very little fuss if any to give these "Con Men" whatever they want.

The only one that needs close watching is Cheney.

Do they allow cameras in the Hague?

What next, "secret police" and people disappearing in the middle of the night?

If George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the telecoms have done nothing wrong, or are doing anything wrong, why do they need immunity?

I am grateful for the diligence our government has put forward to protect us from further attacks. VP Cheney is doing his duty to help protect us - even those of you who don't appreciate it.

Dicki (CLEAR!) Cheney has no legitimacy regardless of his post as President. (Little George is the real VP) This man has betrayed the American people about the war on Iraq, about outing our own CIA personell (Can you imagine if Clinton had revealed a CIA operative's name!) about secret Soviet style gulags being run by US tax dollars and about spying on US citizens. His policies have wrecked US foreign relations, killed thousands of Americans, thousands more Iraqis and he created the biggest deficit in US history as we stare down at an approaching recession.
Mr Cheney, sit down and shut up. You should be in federal prison, not spewing more wrongheaded 'advice' we can no longer afford.

Since he contributed heavily to those 935 deliberate deceptions used to manipulate America into a war of choice for profit and empire, he has zero credibility for most Americans these days. How he sleeps at night or looks at himself in the mirror is unfathomable to me. Impeach him! Then on to trials for treason and war crimes.

YOU PEOPLE ARE NUTS, LIVE UNDER THE TALIBAN AND CRY -OK

WHAT ABOUT YOUR KIDS? YOU ARE SAD LIBS.

YOU MUST FIGHT!!!!

Can someone please send this lier to a retirement center in Wyoming? I haven't heard the old rat chewing lately, so I thought he had already left town.

More garbage from Dick Cheney…..I don't believe a word he has to say….As far as I'm concerned he is a nothing…

I wish this guy would just crawl back into the cave he hides in. Seems he won't be hurting any with a looming recession. He was unbelievably successful at helping Haliburton over these past seven years and he surely benefited too. If we can just keep these two nut jobs contained for the next year, we will be very lucky.

Few people leave me sputtering in outrage, and rage, more than Dick Cheney. The man is an arrogant, paranoiac, authoritarian whose contempt for the people of this country, and for the U.S. Constitution, is complete and appalling. He's an arrant statist, very nearly a fascist, who apparently thinks that the citizens of the country should properly have no role other than to serve the State, and that there is no limit to the demands a State may properly impose upon individuals.

What we need protection from is Bush and Cheney. he has been in his bunker plotting.

I don't get it, what part of the "Director of National Intelligence" doesn't anyone get?
National Intelligence, the Director explained according to this article that these changes helped close a gap. A gap in the National Intelligence community's ability to gather information. Information important to national security.
Thats not difficult to understand, we have our National Intelligence agency for a reason.
They work to keep us safe.
Does anyone not think that when they speak, the Whitehouse doesn't listen?
And follow through.
It shouldn't matter who is in the Whitehouse, when our National Intelligence speaks, they should listen.
When the Director of National Intelligence speaks of national security and what is needed, people should let them do their jobs and quit complaining.

Watch the Democrats roll over and cave in to the Bush admin's fear mongering once again.

I had forgotten about this specimen. This reminder made me throw up a little in my mouth

This bile-ridden serpent just doesn't quit. He's a war criminal, that makes money at the cost of our dead. Satan has nothing on Cheney. What do we have to do to keep this unmitigated evil from returning, a stake through the heart? Or will November 4th do?

Let' all jump on this, coming from such a reputable source. How many lies this time, over 900 on wmds

I don't have one ounce of faith in anything this man has to say. Any credibility which he may have had is now gone. He should keep his mouth shut and hope that he isn't impeached or worse tried for war crimes against humanity.

Could someone please ask The V.P. to take a stroll to a local Barnes and Nobel and buy a book called the U.S. Constitution. In that book he will find, our for -fathers clearly state that it is a violation of our national laws to search with out cause.

Did'nt this guy take an oath to up hold the laws of the Constitution?

Center for Public Integrity releases a report documenting the hundreds of lies told by this administration, and there's no one word on CNN, but lots of Clinton and Obama bashing, and a report of Edwards' hair. No wonder we're in so much trouble!

IMPEACH!!!

Let's waterboard the VP to find out how many lies he's told anbd crimes he has commtitted.

Mr. Conan should know all about freedom, he has been around no doubt, particularly to China y Russia… or is it just the National Geographic documentaries & Fox

They need to send this man to jail along with Bush. I hope that once this farse of a gov't is over that this decrepit criminal known as Cheney pays for his actions. Everything he says is slime, violent and anticonsitutional. Get rid of him!

Interesting point on why the telecommunications companies shared the information in the first place. Normally I don't suppose they would ever risk violating the privacy of so many of their customers. Unfortunately for us, 2.6 million federal employees need phone service. And when your biggest customer asks you to do some spying, you listen.

What defines a "suspected terrorist" I would rather be protected from the governing body then a from a "terrorist." Let us not give up freedom in the name of safety or we may find our selves with none.

In the past Cheney and Bush never asked permission to conduct these warrantless survellances, they just did them. Is the one they are using now legal?

You just knew this story would bring the nut jobs out of the woodworks. Please go read history about the Nazis and Soviets to see what a Big Brother state truly is before you guys spout out your ignorance. Just look at present day Russia and China for a real live example.

This dude is still walking around free ?

cheney (and his vice president bush) are so irrelevant nowadays anyway that i doubt this message will matter much. the only disconcerting thing is why cnn cares enough to broadcast him.

The more I think about it, the Darth Vader nickname really is appropriate for Cheney. All he does any more is to try to instill fear in the American Public. What a Jerk

Can't wait for our stalwart guardians of our liberties (what we used to call the press) asks those seeking the highest office what they think of president cheney's comments.

No business deserves government protection, I belive in free market. If a company pisses off its customers than they must face them not beg congress like children to protect them.

A yes, it's the 'politics of fear' once again. Been there done that! 'Shooter' is about as credible as Flip Romney's stance on abortion…………….this week!

The Federal Gov't. already had the powers to protect us prior to 9/11, but they simply didn't communicate the information they had. There was no reason to go 'Big Brother' on us and to start shredding the Constitution for their own political purposes. Shame on these fascists!

Oh and by all means. don't forget to let our corporate overlords off the hook for trampling our civil liberties! Pathetic priorities!

How does anyone take these deceitful neo-cons seriously?

War criminal, send him to the Hague.

The political pornography never stops. This guy needs to be impeached, he's the face of evil.

this madman just kills me. he wants to contimue to destroy the Constitution. we can't get rid of him soon enough.

What a surprise. Aren't we all glad that the white house has been fighting for the American value of FREEDOM for the last 7 years?

After watching Cheney's Law on Public Television he should be in jail not asking lawmakers to give him free reign again!!!!

oh yeah, I forgot Dick Cheney was the Vice President!!

When did he wake up??

Does dick cheney have any credibility left? There is a story out today about how many times the bush administration lied in the lead up to the Iraq War — literally hundreds of times. Now, why in the world should we believe cheney? He has not uttered anything rational and truthful in nearly 8 years. This administration needs to be censured — actually, bush and cheney need to be impeached. Remember: it wasn't American citizens that caused 9/11, so why does the government have to spy on us???

The country refuses to secure itself, get control of immigration, wants to give drivers licenses to illegals, has info that terrorists have already crossed our border, makes me take my shoes off at the airport…. Cheney's solution is to give agencies that refuse to work together access to more info. I really like the new proposal to prevent an cybernet attack by sweeping all internet searches and e-mails. That little tidbit warms the cockles of my heart. By the way, immunity for companies that have broken the law makes me feel safer already. Whew! That's a loud off my mind.

Anyone want to bet the Dems will cave again?

This is America. Terrorists should feel free to plan and execute their violent actions anywhere, anytime..

A "day of reckoning" he's already planned?

Keep yer filthy oil-stained hands off my Constitution. Go work for Putin, you can spy on whomever you want then.

We SHOULD have this surveillance.

What is everyone so afraid of?!

Seems the the Dick and Bush frat boy party isn't above one last raping of the constitution.

Were was this concern for security when you bozo's chose to ignore the briefing on Osama' plan to crash aircraft into US buildings.

And for all you koolaide drinkers - yeah we know there hasn't been any attacks since 9/11 - but Clinton went 8 years and out after the first Twin Towers attack and he caught the purp within 6 months…

Right out of the worse fascist playbook. Use fear and intimidation to remove civil liberties and through protection of companies allow them to abide by the government's iron grip on information, privacy and communication.

Sometimes I think Dick Cheney had the grandfather who was a Nazi supporter, not President Bush, because Dick is learning well from what the Germans used in 1933 and the Soviets used in 1917.

Who cares what Dick Cheney thinks or says? I mean, we can really believe him can't we? How many more days - about 362? Can't wait for that day!