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This is more than simply a scandel. This may very well be a serious violation of the law and, even more, a violation of the Vice President to "uphold and defend the constitution." Why hasn't Feinstein and her colleagues called on President Obama to authorize a special prosecutor to investigate whether federal laws were broken...and by whom!?

Not much that Dick Cheney did is "acceptable". The Bush/Cheney administration MUST be held accountable for their arrogance, abuse of power and possible crimes.

I wish the Democrats would finally "grow a pair" and do something about Cheney once and for all. The Justice Dept. needs to step up as well. Instead of focusing all of their attention on locking people up because they got caught smoking a joint, how about we focus on the real criminals! The fact that Cheney and Bush are still free to do as they choose after all they have done is absolutely astounding! It's no wonder the rest of the world no longer respects America as much as they once did! This country has proven itself time and again to be one of hypocracy and double standards, and until that changes nothing will change anytime soon!

Why isn't he in jail already?

He needs to go to jail to prevent future officials, regarless of their ranking, to break the law. With current burden on tax payers, removing his pace maker is a better alternative.

Senator Feinstein was on Faux News? WOW!

Are we really surprise of what Cheney did. This is just one on many things he did that was wrong. What I would like to know...how many other so called Cheney orders are still out there? By far…Cheney was the worst and most untruthful VP in the history of this country.

And this comes as a surprise? Where is Hitler " MADCOW CHENEY" at now...Clench your chest Mr Cheney because the big one will come soon...Where is also your not so informed daughter Liz at? BTW why does she think that she knows what are in the CIA briefs? Did you tell her Top Secret information? If you did that falls under TREASON!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAR CRIMES FOR YOU AND BUSH.....I want to live to see the day that you both are found GUILTY and sentenced to DEATH like Husain was.

Why would anyone want the congress or senate to know these things? They would probably share the secrets with their soul mates from foreign countries and then where would we be?

arrest him. Sounds like he broke the law.

I think if true the CIA should not be the punching bag here. The people who gave the orders, apparently think they are above the law and do not go through the checks and balances that are vital to a government that is our democracy. I don't care what administration it is.

A problem with Dick Cheny, " no way " . : )

I would hate to be this guy's conscience, oh I guess you need one first.

Dick Cheney has always been the most devious and dangerous man the Republican party has. He was the actual president, pulling the strings on the puppet Bush for eight awful years. He is also the one that got the CIA to fix the intelligence that Iraq had WMD. He is an angry man. I just hope he is subpoenaed by The Hague for war crimes trials along with George Bush. Glad they are out of power. Obama is going to have to spend a lot of time repairing our country's diplomacy and pr in the world after Cheney and Bush trashed our reputation. Cheney is the worst of the worst.

Are we enlightened with the report given by Panetta? Most Americans believe that Cheney operated under the Cheney Law, not the law of justice.

Dick Cheney should be in federal prison.

How do conservatives justify such actions. This is the Soviet Union , the shah of Iran some banana republic not the US. This is what the republican party has done to our country. We are no longer above the rest we are as low as the lowest. As trite as it was at least Korea had trials for detainees. If you are worried about Socialism you had better start worrying about Republican Fascism.

Time to block any flights out of the Country for this DOMESTIC TERRORIST.

Where's Dick this weekend??? I don't see him beating down the doors of the MSM to be on Meet the Press, Weekend with George, or Face the Nation!!! My guess is tooooo much has come out for his liking and he will disappear just like he did during the eight years he was deceiving the American People. This time, however, we have the power to prosecute him and this needs to happen ASAP!!!

waterboard any and all agents that will not reveal all they know about
this program.This program could have been what was done to cook evidence to take us to war in Iraq.
I expect not to hear one more time about how Pelosi said she wasn't briefed.

Domestic terrorists like Cheney thinks he is above the law and needs to be fully prosecuted to the fullest extent. Our forefathers and the American Taxpayers speak loudly for justice.

I don't see the "problem." Cheney's a nobody now and it gets the CIA off the hook

I don't think I would want our incompenent do nothing right congress to have knowledge of any secret program of any kind. Let them continue to investigate steroid use among baseball players and hold hearings on how we should determine who is number one in college football.

It's time Dick pays the piper for ignoring the laws and Constitution of the United States of America. The Attorney General should indict him!!!!

No person, President, Vice President is above the Law.....

Dr. Strangelove strikes again! Revisionist history can only be stretched so far. Cheney committed crimes that we will only be discovering over the next 4-8 years. Prosecute him and the other members of the cadre NOW, or the next R prez will see to it that this never sees the light of day again. Everyone remember Ford's pardon of Tricky Dicky?

I want to hear more about the Bush tapes the British are investigating where he admits there were no weapons of mass destruction and he talks of ways to trick everyone into war. There is another news agency that's played excerpts why is this not a story?

Of course McCain knows what he is talking about, since he said the economy was in fine shape last fall.

So, Congress gets a classified briefing advising them that then Vice President Cheney told the CIA to withhold telling Congress about a secret program, and immediately someone in Congress leaks information about the briefing. I wonder why the Vice President was worried about telling Congress about the program in the first place? Silly man!

This would appear to vindicate Pelosi. It's not surprising that Cheney ordered the CIA to withhold information. He has been the greatest failure as Vice President in decades. His complete disregard for the rule of law is apalling. What is a bit disconcerting is that the CIA, with full knowledge of the illegality of following Cheney's directives, did so.

The espionage community is a secretive one by design. I for one do not think it appropriate to disclose operation details to members of congress who have proven time and time again they cannot keep a secret. I DO however, expect the CIA to uphold the law as it applies to them. Of course I would expect the president and vice president to do the same. Apparently that's too much to ask.

Everytime I see Cheney's pose, I think of that phrase from that tv show, "the shadow knows". What gunk lies beneath?

And this is a surprise because?

Secrecy & failed policies from the Cheney/Bush regime will take YEARS to fix. Unfortunately, it was a reprehensible injustice & mess they imposed on our great country.

Doesn't this also add credibility to Speaker Pelosi's assertion regarding the CIA withholding information under Cheney/Bush?

Many Americans don't blame the CIA department in general as much as they want to see those at the top held accountable once and for all–Cheney, Tenet, Rumsfeld, etc.

Distraction from the FACTS.

Pelosi was briefed on the interrogation tactics.
Pelosi did NOT object to the interrogation tactics.
Pelosi owes the CIA an apology.
California needs a new representative.

Separately, if this separate issue is coming up then confidential investigation by an independent prosecutor would be fine but....
THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT NANCY PELOSI WAS WRONG!!!!!

Interpreted from the letter of the law, I don't really see a problem with what the VP may or may not have done. Under current rules, Pres. Nixon would have been covered for breaking into the Watergate. So why gripe about what is and has been? Repeal the Patriot Act and let's all get back to enjoying our freedom. If we're going to slam the former administration for it's failures, let's start with their absolute failure to secure the borders and all the illegal immigrants that continue to take advantage of that every day. It's not like the Obama administration has gained any ground in that effort–and they probably won't because illegal aliens are big business in Washington DC. We've all come to a place where corrupt politicians aren't newsworthy–corruption at the Federal level and marriage to the major news networks is Business as Usual.

When is the Justice Department going to do their job and start putting Cheney, Bush, Rove and their cronies in jail for lying and misleading the American people for eight years.

Was Dick Cheney actually the one leading this country for eight years?

Was the Bush just a prop?

Unbelievable.

This situation involving the former VP needs to be looked into by a "special prosecutor". The former VP decision to violate the Constitution is a major violation of federal law & charges should be brought.

Cheeney should be prosecuted.

I always said after 2000, America does have a "royal family" bush certainly acted as though he was king and was the coronation was sanctioned by the Supreme Court..

Dick was obviously the communist-in-chief.

I only hope we keep the next in line Jeb Bush from the "throne".

to take people's minds off the facts that they don't have jobs and are being evicted from their homes....

It won't work Barack...try something else...

Why would anyone or organization give this idiotic congress any confidential information? They already do not have a clue as to what and or how they are doing anything so why would you want them to have privey to any confidential info?

Typical Cheney! The nerve this man has to criticize the administration today! He did pull the strings! So glad that chapter is over! But, better not to forget…

Panetta "was told"

By whom? We have the right to know that don't we?

I was told Obama is an idiot. Does that make it true?

Holder is going to go after the last administration on interrogation techniques.

Look for more of the same by the Obama Administration and the Dem Congress as both their poll numbers start to go south. It's what they will do in an attempt to deflect attention tot hwe hole they keep digging deeper for America.

I have said all along Obama will fiddle while America burns.

Wait and watch.

Dick Cheney makes Richard Nixon look like a boy scout! He's a lying arrogant piece of work and I'm glad that all of his wrongdoings are coming to light!

Cheney is a traitor and clearly needs to be prosecuted.

I was embarrassed to call him my vice president. He always has had this Richard Nixon thing goin' for him.

people mysteriously died
people mysteriously got fired from the CIA
people mysteriously got fired from the dept of justice

lawyers became policy makers
fiction were presented as fact for iraq invasion to congress
CIA agent was outed

are we brain-dead in this country?

What? Dick Cheney was behind this? Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Hmmmm – Shooter secretive? Say it ain't so – ha ha ha ha ha

cheney should be prosecuted and made an example out of to other nations showing that america is better than the evil doers of the bush administration. history will show this and by releasing this ugly information will show the world that america is not trying to hide this crime but clean up the evil. we then can lead by the example that our president is talking to the world about. we need to be cleansed 100% of the bush era so that we americans can start to heal and take our country forward.

Can Cheney be tried for his role as vice-president? The man is a loose cannon and was an extreme danger to this country while he was in office. This new information is just one more example of just who was really running our country while Mr. Bush was President.

If the Justice Department lets Cheney get away without a complete investigation, we will be inviting future Cheneys in our future. This guy has been the Kingpin of most of our grief the last eight years!

[...] Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), on Vice President Dick Cheney ordering the CIA not to tell Congress about its secret spying [...]

Time to pay the piper, Dick!

What dick lied??? Like this is news.I am glad however he is getting caught and I hope to God he is tried and put in prison. Hes a traitor to this country!!!!