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Chaney knows that a fullinquiry will lead to him and will do evereything possible to avoid it.

[...] the dark and evil demon inhabiting the frail body of the former Vice President, is not at all happy about Obama investigating illegal torture by the CIA. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is again [...]

Dick you remain a product of the 19th century, unable to grasp the fact that the world, and particularly America, has changed since slavery, colonialism and running this country as if it functions in isolation and therefore can selfishly inflict pain and suffering on others without considering consequences. You really think your dispicable decisions and actions saved lives, Dick? Ask the families of service men and women who have died in Iraq and Afganistan because of your lies and political grandstanding! You represent America at it worst, morally, ethically and everywhere in between.

Dick Cheny is a scoundrel.

Cheney just doesn't get it, and likely never will. The ends DO NOT justify the means.

Why don't we waterboard Mr. Cheney to see what he and the Haliburton Corp did for Iraq? Why did the Haliburton Corp. have to move out of the United States to continue business????

When we start to congratulate and appreciate torture and criminal activity on our behalf, we are no different than Muslims who applaud terrorist attacks against us.

We betray the very standards that our morals and values have been built upon and cannot expect any better in return.

Save it for the judge, Lord Vader.

When Cheney opens his mouth is consistently raises a foul lying stench!

People often say "LOL". Well, I actually laughed right out loud, long and heartily, when I read the first paragraph of this item. So cheney says that any effort to investigate his endless crimes shows that the current president is not serious about national security. That's pretty rich! Hopefully he can explain that theory to his fellow inmates someday.

i agree this is nothing but a witch hunt, this will not help our county. for the first time in my 67 years I am afraid of what is down the road for our children, my grad kids...we have gotten away from what is right and wrong...God help America L inda Moore

Dick,
puh-leeze.....go back under that rock and leave us alone. We've already suffered enough from your eight years of incompetence.

Hmmm...isn't it just a little suspicious that CNN has this photo of Cheney with "exit" in the background? Just wondering...

If there was nothing wrong with what they did, then Cheney wouldn't be on the defensive.

So Mr. Cheney, the End justifies the Means? Wasn't that also the justification Hitler used? We Americans must hold ourselves to a higher moral standard.

Cheney needs to be quiet and let it go. Doesn't he have better things to do?

Hey Obama, stop playing politics with our safety. Bush employed aggressive tactics to get information that stopped additional terrorist attacks on American soil.

Thank you, Mr. Bush and thank you, Mr. Chaney for pointing this out.

It was Bill Clinton's lack of vigilance and holier than thou attitude toward the use of human intelligence (spies) that let the 9/11 plot go undetected. Obama is in the process of making the same mistakes. He is dropping our guard. If recent history is any indicator, WHEN the next attack takes place in the US, Obama will blame Bush and then raise taxes.

The American people forget the fear that we experienced after 9/11. You don't get information from those who hate and want to kill us by offering them a cup of coffee and a danish.

Unfortunately, it seems that we are opening ourselves up to a repeat of another attack. I would trust Dick Cheney in a heart beat over the current administration to protect and defend the USA.

Cheney is just worried about what the prosecutor will find. He's more concerned about covering his own butt than he is about the "safety" of Americans.

The problem Mr Cheney is you have no credibility.....you've mislead and lied about so much in the past your word no longer means anything!

Cheney takes swipe? For real? The Obama adminstration is naming a special prosecutor to investigate the previous adminstration's tactic (and possibly the previous adminstration) and it's Cheney who's taking the swipe? It's a disaster to criminalize policy differences from one adminstration to another. This is proof of the most divisive adminstration in US history (Obama/Biden).

Of course Cheney is going to speak out.
The man has broken more laws, ignored international guidelines, degraded the foundation of our country and has to be concerned
about his future as a free man.
If you or I commited the unconsciousable actions of this man, we
would be doomed to a life of four walls with no hope of seeing the
light of day. How totally arrogant he is.

If Mr. Cheney has a problem with the way the current administration is handling things, he should call President Obama to give him some advice . Hopefully, President Obama would at least listen to Mr. Cheney. If Mr. Cheney really thinks that these are matters of national security, he should not be publicizing his comments. It makes me wonder if Mr. Cheney is trying to attack the president at this point so that people do not notice Tom Ridge's new book, which clearly states that the former president and vice president tried to politicize national security.

Is Obama trying to undermine our national defense or is he just an absolute moron? The CIA has kept us safe for the past 7 years. That's what they are supposed to do. Eric Holder and his army of lawyers will do nothing but tie the CIA's hands making them less effective. We are at war with radical Islam and need every tool we have. How can Obama not be aware of this?

This guy only comes out from under his rock when he is accused of something - doesn't his hiding bother anyone but me –
I think the way he acts shows how guilty he is!

I always had this nagging feeling that Cheney was behind every evil the Bush Administration has been known to have done. Poor Bush for having to take all responsibilities for it all.

Dick Cheney needs to be instituionalized. He is a mad man.

Yeah and the WMD sprouted legs and scampered out of Iraq in the wee hours before our invasion. The Iraqi people warmly and enthusiastically embraced and welcomed our troops (with IEDs).

Bottom line, this traitor knows that if justice prevails, he’ll be swinging from the gallows.

Finally these criminals will be held accountable. How can we protect our own young people in service when we threaten to kill a captive's children, beat him, stave him, water board him and not allow him to sleep for days.
This country broke its own laws and Cheney proudly claims he is responsible for this. Let him pay the price for that.

Let's take this to the next step–war trials for the "war" in Iraq and all the "stuff" the bush administation gave to the press to support this illegal war. OR how about the banking mess or the wall street crimes or......

and he has his feelings hurt???? wow.

Dick Cheney citing "detainee interrogations" (read 'torture') as necessary to keep the U.S. safe from terror attacks reminds me of a story. A man travelling on a cross-country bus trip was struck by the spactacle of a fellow traveler tearing a magazine into small pieces and scattering them from the window. When he asked the stranger why he was doing that, he got the reply that it was to protect the bus from attack by rogue elephants. When he protected that "This is America. There aren't any elephants here," the stranger replied: "See? It works like a charm!"

is he getting a little nervous???
Why he was such an upstanding vp, wasn't he?

tik... tok.... tik.... tok....

justice comes knocking.

Anyone that believes anything this idiot says is pretty gullible. Same old tired gas from the same old tired man.

There coming for you dick!! What is it you don't get? This is the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA we do not torture under any circumstances, period. Personllay I think you should already be in jail but thats me.

Yeah, he's acting kind of like a sleaze.

I agree with Cheney and his concerns over National Security. I just wish I could figure out if Holder is trying to make a name for himself, if the Obama Adm is trying to put their own security force together or what the motive behind all of this is. Is it to draw attention away from Health care reform or is it to please the Left because they are mad with Obama abuot health care? This Administration scares me very much. I think people want this nonsense to STOP!!! Start putting your efforts to all the people who have lost their jobs and trying to keep their families together! Stop playing this I AM KING OF THE HILL game. Granted Bush did not help things but this Administration has managed to destroy this country in just a matter of months, financially, morally and divided people more than I have ever witnessed in my life. Now for all those who truly believe, we need to start praying for our country. Just remeber our true leader is the Almighty God!

I want someone in prison NOW.

The people involved in torture do NOT deserve our gratitude, especially Cheney. He deserves to be in jail for those illegal acts that compromised our national security and moral standing in the world. Shame in you!

Justice needs to be upheld for our great country once and for all.

If President Obama is feeling the back-lash from his efforts to 'socialize' this country...he hasn't seen anything yet.

Any attempt by his administration to re-investigate this, is criminal in and of itself. Most of us do not condone torture, but most of us believe:

It is better for us to make an 'enemy combatant' THINK he is going to die, that to ACTUALLY KILL American citizens.

This administration has the midas touch in reverse. Everything they touch turns to MUD. I for one wish that Obama could be impeached.

He does not love this Country, and his actions fall just short of Treason. He is an embarrasment to most of us, and causing us
international SHAME.. I wish they would keep their HANDS OFF (if only for a little while), to let us shovel out some of this crap, before
it is too late for us to dig ourselves out.

Well, the Cheney again defends his despicable actions which violated the rule of law, American values, morality and common human decency. Folks, Americans wear the white hats, we are the good guys. There is a fundamental difference between us and the bad guys – we operate by the "Rule Of Law" and we honor a moral code. Cheney, Bush and their minions subverted and violoated the Rule Of Law, overturned American values and have shamed our great nation. History will now record that we joined in ignominity the despicable perpetrators of torture of the past. The fact that the right which historically asserts it is the "party of Family Values" defends Cheney and Bush delivers a chill and leaves me incredulous. God save and defend us from these hypocritical moral relativists.

What about our soldiers and civilians that are and have been
tortured during the wars and terrorists attacks. Have we forgotten 911?

What about communists countries and cruel dictators?

Our country needs protection. STOP the criticism to the CIA.

Ugh. On the one hand, I am ALMOST inclined to believe Cheney in that I would find it hard to believe that "high value" detainees would spill the beans just because someone is yelling at them. I imagine some of these controversial techniques probably scared some of these people into giving up valuable information. BUT, then again, we are talking about Bush-Cheney here, so its hard to take anything they say at face value.

From a moral standpoint, I don't think that we ought to be in the business of threatening to sexually assault anyone's mothers or threaten to kill anyones children. That is plain wrong. Waterboarding is probably over the line as well. But I see no problem with things like sleep deprivation, barking dogs, etc....basically anything that can make daily life a living hell without causing direct physical abuse seems OK to me.

This investigation will go nowhere. It's very limitted and the Obama Whitehouse will keep it in a very neat box.

Dick Chaney is a patriotic American.

It's only a matter of time until the USA is attacked during the Obama administration .

Chaney is a criminal running scared......he doesn't want these investagations because it will implicate him as the true THUG that he is.....he isn't worried about what implications this will have on the Bush Administration, he is only worried about what this investigation will bring out about the criminal that he is........because of him the World hates America and because of him he has made this county more of a target for the terrorists

The only person who should be prosecuted is Dick Cheney.

Cheney is not just a former vice president who gets to say what he likes as a private citizen. He is a war criminal who should be punished for crimes against humanity, and the current administration's decision to leave him alone allows him to sit out there like a rogue cell, continually spewing his seditious views, all while under the protection of the Secret Service.

If Cheney were prosecuted for even a single crime, and sent to prison, it would be such a tremendous catharsis to a nation that has suffered under his hand. I never thought I'd say this, but thank God it was Bush who was president and not Cheney. Under Cheney, we surely would have lost many of our basic rights in an even more penetrating and enduring way. He does not share our morals, and he has no shame. It's strange he displays no fear (probably the confidence of the SS detail). It is clear that at heart he is a coward.

Cheney is only worried about his own security.

A man that mishandled top secret information for Political Gain has
absolutely no credentials to criticize the current Administration about
National Security....and in fact, if it were up to myself and many,many
others, Cheney himself would be under investigation for his acts.

CHENEY is right. as usual this weak marxis president has made the wrong decision. vote him out.

Dick Cheney, shutup and go away. You're acting like a little boy who is angry because he did not get his way. You had your chance and I'll not comment on what I think about that. Do something useful!!!!!

Mr. Vice President, do you recall the names Wilson and Valerie Plame and remember what you and your cronies have done to them? Do you still see your face in the mirror and feel good about your accomplishments during your tenure at the Job even after Halliburton's record profit projects you had allotted to gain on the lives of our country's brave men and women in armed forces? Shame on you and you will surely rot in Hell.

Those ain't "political" investigations Dick. Them are "criminal" investigations.

I would suggest you lawyer up.

Dicky knows that if they get this started, he is going to jail. What his remarks are really saying is "oh please, don't look at what I did". He is scared, and with good reason.

It's the kicked dog that yelps.

As usual this jerk is trying to cover his evil ways.

Your "post partisan" President at work. A political witch hunt against those who protect this nation.

Cheney is the most evil person to ever take office. I wish he would run off and dry up, me makes me ill.

Dick Cheney criticizing Obama,"WOW" !! thats new. And all this time I thought they loved each other.

Cheney bashes Obama...what a shocker.

Cheney is just another right wing nut who thinks theres nothing wrong with torture and will stop at nothing to get what he want's.
A neocon who think's gun's are the answer to everything.
Sound's to me by the way he talk's about Obama, that he might be a little prejudiced.

OHHHH.....I think he is getting very nervous.

Bush's policies saved a lot of lives around the world, People are just quick to forget,Obama will cost us lots of our personal freedoms and gepradize our saftey here and abroad. Write your reps and tell them you disaprove and apply for concealed carry permits and keep your weapons close, protect the second amendment . And defeat his high spending health plan, Especially if your in the mid 50's or older

Is there any way to get this guy to shut up? Oh, yeah, there's the CIA ...

Dick Cheney has more national security knowledge in his little pinky than the whole Obama national security team of advisors. We have all seen what happens to Obama's poll numbers when he placates the hard left.....his numbers go south. We are now truly seeing how inexperiened the president is at governing....brilliant campaigner but terrible leader.

Cheney has done more to destroy American democracy than any terrorist bomb ever did. I remember when I was proud of America's morals, ethics and honor. Cheney took all of that away. Now we are a nation which tortures people for the sake of expediency. It makes me want to puke. Give me back my America.

Who cares what he thinks? He should be in prison.

Now that the documents that Cheney wanted declassified have finally been released, can we start the prosecutions? Guantanamo is calling and waiting for the likes of Cheney, Gonzalez, Ashcroft, and, of course, Bush. I'm sure we can make special arrangements and a grand suite for Rice too. Hope to be reading about their new accommodations soon.

Cheney is a criminal. We have a rule of law in the United States of America. His leadership and decisions have put our men and women in uniform at extreme risk if they are captured by any enemy. We are a country of honorable people....not hooligans and torturers.

Cheney is a frightened, arrogant, has been, who knows he has committed crimes for which our brave military will ultimately pay the price.

Obama has the courage to stand up to this abuse and call it out. That is what will make America safe!!!!!

Please just shut up and go away...you did your damage..let us try to fix it!

These enhanced interrogations were disgusting. Cheney is disgusting too. We could have gotton the information through other means and there is no evidence that the lack of an attack has anything to do with the over-the-top interrogation methods. I see no reason why the Obama administration should not question or investigate this. And contrary to what the "talking heads" say, I think this will be good for Obama, not bad.

We are a nation of laws! Oh yeh, the ethics in Obama's administration really shines! All these Czaars and Chicago style tricks (what Bush did with fighting Al Quaida, Obama is doing fighting the internal law and order!)...

I agree, if done within the law, the "people involved deserve our gratitude", however, saying you are going to kill, hurt or sexually assault family members is so far beyond what is legal, it should be investigated and anyone who did it, and other forms of torture should be prosecuted.

Cheney has no right to talk about anything, we've got 5,000 soldiers in body bags because he, Rumfeld and Bush decided to pursue the wrong war....a country that had not attacked us in Iraq.

All the while this allowed Al Qaeda and the Taliban to regroup and become stronger because we were spread too thin fighting 2 wars without enough troops in Afghanistan....the country that actually attacked us.

Cheney is a goon, go hunting again and shoot yourself instead of a hunting buddy.

Typical liberal move, look over there, look over there, the sky is falling! Meanwhile, back in DC, let's pass this crap before the American public dopes wake up and figure out we're destroying the Nation.

words of wisdom from one of the most corrupt politicians in our lifetime!

Ohooooooo you're in some serious heap of trouble Chumney

Cheney's afraid they're coming after him.

If these tactics yielded useful information and saved this country from attacks, why would Cheney object to a special prosecutor? If he has nothing to hide, or nothing to fear why not just sit back and let the justice system play out?

His loud objections just make everyone believe he has something to hide.

Of course Cheney's balking – he has a lot to hide! If he is so proud of these programs he should be inviting thorough scrutiny.

The Cheney doth protest too much.

Political prosecution about sums it up. God Bless Cheney. Obama was to bring about a new era of cooperation and change and we have yet to see either in any form of good for the country. He was to transcend race but as you will see here anyone who disagrees with him is called a cracker & a racist. Obama is the worst leader of my liftetime. Funny he rails against corporate riches and then takes a $33K one week vacation to a Republicans estate. He is typical politician only worse.

Obama would be smart to bring a GUN to a "GUN FIGHT" since the

republicans or those in charge of that side of the aisle are constantly

bringing false arguments to the "HEALTHCARE" debate......Throw the

KITCHEN SINK AT THEM including the pots and pans!!!!

PROSECUTE THEM! then maybe just maybe they"l stop with the spin

regarding health care GO AFTER those in congress who may have

supported these atrocities!!!! STOP BEING PUNKS DEMOCRATS!!!!

Stay in Wyoming and enjoy your vast skies and roomy home.
You may soon be moving into a more confined location.

I believe work should be done reviewing these matters for better interrogation tactics in the future. I believe we should raise our standards of interrogation according to the Geneva convention. However, there's nothing to be gained by prosecuting any individuals following executive during any period within time of war. In war, people kill. So then, it is no surprise of being threatened to be killed by your captors once caught. There is nothing to gain here for Democrats. The far left should leave this alone or possibly face being considered "soft" in the theater of war during search and destroy missions.

The age old question is "Are we a nation of laws or tyrants?" I pray each day the answer to this question is obvious. If we stoop to the same level as the terrorists then we must waller in the mud with them.

I absolutely disagree with Holder's decision to investigators the torturers.

Holder should be investigating and then indicting Dick Cheney, one of the key intellectual authors of these crimes.

The CIA "soldiers" were only following Cheney's orders.

They deserve, AND HAVE, the right to remain silent. Anything they say can and will be used against them in a court of LAW. They deserve, AND HAVE, the right to an attorney. If the cannot afford one, one will be appointed.

If you libs what to prosecute the bush administration I am all for that.

However, I do not what Obama and crew playing politics with our national security; leave the CIA out of it.

Gratitude? We were attacked on 9-11 on Cheney's watch, and very likely at his eager instigation. When are we going to see the kind of investigation into the Cheney/Bush administration that we saw with Clinton? I'd like to see Cheney on trial instead of smirking.

I hope that Dick Chaney ends up in PRISON!!

I would personally agree with going after the people responsible for giving the orders to the CIA operatives, but not the actual Operatives themselves also going after the contractors and their bosses is a good course of action.

The use of contractors is a despicable act run the by most disgusting people. That means you ERIC PRINCE, your holy war against the Muslim people is over and you belong in prison.

Scared much Cheney? Don't worry I'm sure you'll look fine in that orange prison jumpsuit.

As much as I'm not a fan of Cheney, I would trust him more if things needed to get tough than Obama. Sometimes, you have to do things you don't like to do. We all do it. Too bad.

What we have heard is that many many withing the CIA were very much concerned that what they were being asked to do was illegal. The morale of the agency was already down because they believed that many of the techniques used were illegal and that they might find themselves before a war crimes court because of it. This now brings back the morale of the agents who did the right thing and were concerned over the take over of the agency by amateurs and party fanatics. Those who were concerned are now justified in those concerns. Cheney can talk til he is blue in the face but he will never be able to prove torture worked, because it does not. The best intel we received was received through normal interogation techniques and that info dried up as soon as torture was used. This move will make us stronger as a nation and we will keep the high moral ground which we lost over the last 8 years and is essential to have as a world leader.

if this man was actually concerned about the security of this nation.....he would air his concerns privately........he is a coward and a bully....and a liar

Talk about scared you know what.

I really feel sorry we scared that guy with a drill. I guess he was almost as terrified as the people in the twin towers that held hands and jumped to their death to keep from being burned alive !! GIVE ME A BREAK !!! If one of the people in the twin towers that jumped had been Mr Obama's children he would feel differently. How stupid can we possibly be? We must protect our loved ones or lose them to the terrorist of the world. Tater58 over and out

Ah Dick, please do the world a favor and crawl back under whatever rock you own these days. You say you have "doubts about this administration's ability to be responsible for our nation's security." Aw gee, does seem kind of odd for us to see an administration that understands working within the US Constitution, international law, the US standard of the rule of law, and public opinion. It must have been much easier to simply throw out our 230+ years of history, act as a King and keep us secure. Problem is, we now have to recover from you and your buddy George did to our personal freedoms, not to mention the damage you did to our country's reputation across the rest of the world. Say "bye-bye Dick", and just fade away...pretty please.

And so what? Who cares?! Cheney's word doesn't count for anything....never did. He needs to get down on his knees and repent.

More Obama-mania. See, Obama agrees with Cheney – it's not fair to persecute people following orders and keeping us safe – hey, they WAVED the electric drill at the guy – they didn't use it. But, two weeks ago Obama was told that the financial myth that his plans won't crater the country financially was evaporating.... how to distract people from the fact we can afford Obama? Dredge up a left-wing bogeyman – the 'evil' CIA...which of course, was Bush's fault.....along with Katrina, global warming, the stock market....and everything else.

Cheney is right.....leave loyal dedicated CIA folks alone....it is CHENEY and BUSH that should be investigated and charged for their eight years of thumbing their noses at all manner of US and international laws! How both sleep at night boggles the mind when one considers the vast scope of their crimes against the Constitution, the Geneva Conventions, FISA, the UN, our armed forces and the people of Iraq who have lost 1.3 MILLION lives due to their war of choice based on bald faced lies!

Dick still doesn't get it. If we have to stoop to the level of terrorists, by unlawfully detaining and torturing them, then how do we know we're the "good guys" any more? I don't think most Americans are ready to give up their moral authority and say we're no different than the evil regimes we've villified for the last 40 years, so just do whatever it takes and commit all the attrocites you feel is necessary to get the alleged "bad guys" to talk. If we are, then lets stop kiddng ourselves and put away the white hats forever and just say proudly "We believe in torture and rape as a valid means of interogation, we believe in detaining suspects indefinitely with no charges being brought against them, and we no longer believe in basic human rights and don't expect anyone else in the world to uphold these standards either". How does that feel rolling off you tongue?

Is anyone besides CNN & FOX listening to this sick old man's lies? I'm tired of 'if Cheney doesnt call waterboarding torture, its not torture. Let's try it on his ticker.

Why is he so afraid? If no crimes were committed. No problem.

I think it says a lot about Dick Cheney that he is not only bashing the administration during interviews with anyone who will listen, but is now making press releases doing so. I suppose when Bush and Cheney were undoing all the progress our economy had made under the Clinton years, that Clinton and Gore could have come out, week after week, and torn Bush and Cheney a new one, but they didn't. It's called class, Dick. Try to get some.

I also remember Cheney and Bush telling us that it was unpatriotic to attack the President. Now, judging by his seven deferments from military duty during the Vietnam war, and his treasonous outing of a CIA agent, I never pictured Cheney as much of a patriot, but enough is enough...shut up already, Dick!

"SO" as you have said. What's your point? Afraid of going to jail?

Mr. Chenney should be supporting the rule of law wether it is in regards to an investigation or actions supported by the Bush administration. Public servants should leave their arrogance in private industry – otherwise don't get involved with government.

Your article fails to mention that Dick Cheny is a biased observer, since he may well have committed crimes based on his role promoting torture

Obama lied again. He said this wouldn't happen and it is now happening. When will you supporters wake up? The savior is a liar.

Mr. Cheney, King NObama nor Prince Hold Holder will listen to you or anyone else, for that amtter. They are not even listenong to the voters that got them elected/appointed.

However, you and the American electorate MUST continue to question with boldness and speak without fear.

Stay tuned!

Obama makes Bush/Cheney look like a dream administration. Obama loves distracting people from his awful policies. Obama, you are a fraud and we need you to step down.

I'm sure someone, or several people, told this idiot at some point in his career that nobody is above the law. Even the commander in chief and his subordinates. However, he is still not getting it.

He's a nutjob who doesn't deserve a platform. But CNN, in their quest to drum-up conflict, and subsequently ratings, are more than happy to let him spew his vile-speak.

Aim high, CNN!

This piece of souless trash shold be thrown in prison. If there is any justice in this world, most officials of the Bush Administration will be indicted and put in jail. The most vulgar and corrupt administration in our country's history. Conservatives defending these practices are slime. Republicans seem to get off on guns, torture and war. What a pathetic and warped sense of values.

This guy and his supporters, and what they represent, are the single biggest longterm threat to America. Al queda and other military threats are indeed serious, but we will handle them, and none will be able to bring down our country. Natural disasters we will recover from. But to base the government of this or any country on fear-mongering, lies, abject delusion and a perverted uber-partisan sense of obey your leaders at-all-cost is a recipe for disaster - our forefathers knew it, and separated from the institution (Great Britain) that was requiring of them these very things. Sorry, it seems trite, but the last significant rightwing government to follow this recipe was the Nazis, and you see what it did to Germany, and you see what it took to remove that stench from this world.

Cheney...five time draft dodger....liar....all around scowling idiot.

Now the ex pres wants to continue to "re-do" his role in the Bush Fanntasy world. Any one with any brains can see all Cheney wants is to stay out of jail.

Cheney....on your tombstone........I lied ..people died.

I am so ashamed to be an American when I hear that our country has used torture. I don't care what information is gathered from this – it is morally wrong. On top of that any information received from torture is not reliable. It is time for Americans to stand up and say NO to this and to prosecute those responsible for instituting this policy. All violence is terrorism.

Hey Dick,
America! Love it or leave it! Get out of my country if you hate it so much!

> "The people involved deserve our gratitude,"

...and you deserve a 6' x 6' cell at Supermax, Dick.

If they did indeed do nothing wrong then why worry ? Wasn't the GOP saying if we have notrhing to hide then why worry about the wiretaps

There is a difference in keeping us safe and becoming what we are fighting against – in WW 2 we sent people to prison for doing what we are doing now

How can anyone continue to be deceived by Cheney's looks, lies and denials. This man ran and controlled the Presidency and that is why he now is at the forefront of defending it.

Have you heard of the idiot Bush lately? For the first time, Bush is being smart and keeping quiet about "his" and Cheney's failed administration.

Dick Cheney and Bush should be in front of an International Court for war crimes. I want to see someone in jail for what they did.

Does anyone still care what Cheney has to say?

Mr. Cheney,

It was your behavior and actions that resulted in this tarnish to the nation's soul. Do not blame anyone but yourself and your cronies. I don't know who in dickens you think you are, but "good American" you certainly are not.

You have laid every single US troop, government worker, volunteer, and citizen open to the same kinds of tactics you not only approved but sought.

Mr. Cheney, the world is on to you, and you know it.

Hey Dick...ya got something to be scared about?

Dick should just fade into the past and stay there. Fact remains we were attacked on his and GW's watch. His daughter has said her father gave this country eight years without an attack. Guess she forgot what year follows 9/11

Although its unpopular or un-cool to support anything that the previous administration did, I have to say that I support interrogation techniques that do not physically harm a person. Making someone believe that they may be seriously injured by firing a gun in another room or by making a drilling sound in another room without injuring someone is effective and does not have the barbaric characteristics of things like waterboarding. While psychologically damaging to a person, I don't believe it amounts to torture. Tickling someone until they talk just doesn't work. The ACLU should stop trying to go for its attention grab and start focusing on more meaningful issues.

Yeah right Dick! How about all those Al Qaeda terrorists we put on trial and convicted…oops.

Breaking the law to capture someone you think committed crimes doesn't hold water with the constitution. And starting a war to capture terrorists is the single dumbest action we have taken.

If the CIA was really good at using intelligence, then we could have taken care of terrorists without sending our Marines into a mess like Iraq. Instead we helped create more people willing to kill Americans than Al Qaeda.

the news always conveniently leaves out the important things and misdirects our attention somewhere else...exactly how did these interogations and tortures "thwart a number of al-Qaida plots" or "disrupt attack plans in progress"? the question is not "whether that information was obtained through the enhanced interrogation techniques Cheney defends" but rather whether interogation was even needed in the first plan...exactly what were these "al-Qaida plots" and "attack plans"...isnt that the important thing? why do people look over these things? why do people assume that what the media and the government tells us is true? so we not have more than enough proof that the american government (and especially the previous administration) is willing to kill and torture in the name of money?

Dick Cheney is a private citizen. Why do we care what Dick Cheney thinks any more than Mrs. Smith down the street? His opinion is irrelevant concerning government matters.

Dick Cheney= A Real Terroist.

Republicans had no trouble investigating President Clinton when there was no crime committed. In case there was a crime and the guilty need to pay.

Unfortunately for Mr. Cheney, his statements will not sway anyone. The people that hate him will not believe him, his partisans will scream " I told you so", and the people who are tired of seeing this animated cadaver spur his way back onto the nation scene will say
" Who cares"? Time for him to return to his crypt with Lynne and his gay daughter and lay the groundwork for his other ( straight) daughter to return to the public payrole and out some more CIA people who can't meet his standards for ideological purity.

BTW, isn't there something else for CNN to cover?

First of all, where was Cheney during the last eight years. Hecould never be found, far less asked to elaborate on any matter related to CIA interrogation techniques. Why is he now spouting off? No one has every proven that these methods ever thwarted attacks or saved lives, but I can assure you that Cheney is one of the most evil men to have ever serve this country. His actions have led to an increase in terrorism and a discredit our nation's image. If anything, his actions have further exacerbated the war on terrorism out of revenge and hatred. Today, there is a new generation bent on attacking this country as a result of the Bush and Cheney adminstration arrogant and disingenuous attitudes toward all Muslims.

Why is it CNN consistently buries the truth in the final part of an article; in this case in the second to the last paragraph??

The headline could just as easily read : CHENEY'S CLAIM THAT TORTURE SAVED LIVES IS STILL NOT PROVEN!!!

The man consistently lied and supported lies to get America to invade Iraq. How many lives were lost in what many people believe was an act of terror??

People who torture and give America a bad name deserve our gratitude?

Sooooo, fact that it was not only against our laws, but also the Geneva Convention doesn't matter?
Your administration was elected to UPHOLD the laws and Constitution. You failed us.

Grand Inquisitor D. Cheney still wants to continue the witch hunts. What a card. I guess he is still expecting different results each time he does the same thing. Doesn't suprise me at all though as far as a person of his background and mentality go. As far as the US goes however I am certain that even though our form of goverment is sound enough to manage this giant nation.I'm afraid that the political pool that we are pulling persons out of to fill these positions is in effect a house of cards with none having qualities that would be required to actually be considered a good public servant. As a matter of FACT this country will slowly and inevitably fail until it collapses because of its leadership erroring continually. No Aces, Just Jokers

Why do we care what cheney says. He is a dangerous man and feeds on fear to the people. He did illegal actions and should go to jail for defrauding the American people.

Cheney is simply afraid the investigation will send him to join his friend Scooter Libby in Jail. Which is where Dick Cheney belongs.

Can someone please stick a gag in this cowards mouth?

CHENEY Is a good one to talk. He got us into this mess in the first place!
I am a Republican and I lost all respect for him

Cheney does not need to comment on anything. His term is done and he should just retire like Bush did. If he wants to change the world, he should vote in 2012. Other than that, he needs to just keep his mouth shut and enjoy his retirement.

Who cares what a man with a 13% approval rating thinks? Dick Cheney is the worst vice president in American history.

So every time Dick Cheney says something, CNN demonstrates its lack of journalism credibility by giving this guy a platform. It figures.

Who really cares what this coward and bully thinks? Isn't it amazing that we mad e it to 2001 without resorting to these means of interrogation - can the Gestapo have its good reputation restored now, Mr. Cheney?

At least he finally is done hiding behind women.

To Cheney and his buddies the ends justify the means. It's amazin that he would even use this defense in America, a Country where our Constitution and our laws are designed to insure that our government can never say 'The ends justify the means'.

why is ms. cheney "darth vader" afraid?! if he doesn't have anything to hide and thinks torture helped saved lives, after 5000+ US soldiers and innocent iraqis civilians were killed, then he shouldn't be afraid!

the Obama admin wants to purge the system & CIA agent's who engaged in illegal toruture...acting like the enemy to gain intelligence is flawed & it's NOT reliable. even a 5th grader can relate to that!

WE KEPT AMERICA SAFE FOR 7 YEARS!!!!!!!! Too bad Bush and Cheney did not keep us safe for 8 years. Oh, that's right, I forgot, 9/11 was Clinton's fault. Silly me, please forgive me and accept my apologies.

Once again Cheney rears his fugly head. He doesn't want prosecution perhaps because it may lead back to his war criminal behavior.

May be he should keep his trap shut and hope it will blow over without us ever hearing his name again!

Well Dick, had you not been stupid, this would not be an issue. Ifyou
wanted torture, you should have changed the constitution. Even you
can't make the rules on the fly. This will lead to you.

The only issues Cheney routinely speaks out on these days are ones in which he knows the trail ultimately goes back to him.

I just hate seeing others continuing to take the fall for this man's actions, which is why I'm against prosecuting CIA representatives/employees involved in interrogations. I do not believe that the people lowest in the chain of command should be the ones prosecuted for the crimes of Cheney and the Bush Admins higher-ups who ordered them to take those actions.

Cheney, no one cares what you think, just fade away.

Cheney is so far above any political/defense knowledge obama could ever even imagine. It reminds me of a tenured boss looking at some kid in the mail room who is trying to act like he knows everything about the business. obama is no match for Cheney's experience, knowledge or ability. Period.

Obama didn't appoint a prosecutor Dick, the DOJ did, which in this administration is actually independent of the White House and interested in up-holding the law...but you wouldn't know about that.

lets see how smart u r when they take u to jail mr cheney

This investigation needs to go all the way to the top. The evil men like Cheney who set our nation on a course where torture is a "policy decision" must be prosecuted for their heinous crimes to the fullest extent possible.

Cheney never fails to crack me up.

Cheney knows that the trail leads directly to him and the Oval office. The prosecutors, if they do their job, will find out that all the activities (illegal/immoral/unethical and just plain bad policy) were dictated by the POTUS and his eveil VEEP.

It will be wonderful to see Cheney do the perp walk into a Federal Court and answer "not guilty" when he is finally charged.

We've always suspected that Cheney prefers "security" to justice. Here he's all but admitting that he believes (and believed) the interrogators' actions were illegal.

If Cheney has a opinion that's fine, but He and Bush broke the Law ! The mess were in right now is going to continue. Most likely with war or Military action. With that being said who's going to protect our nation soliders when they are capture ? What rules will be in place for these people? Do we get the DRILL MOTOR OUT ? Maybe the water board first !

You go Dick! Seriously, I continue to be amazed by the crazy behavior in the WH. Freedom has a price folks, unfortunately it involves things that we do not like. I am not supporter of torture by any stretch of the imagination, but to second guess and judge those who have been tasked with the job of keeping us safe is a very dangerous and not-so-intelligent path to go down. Hmm, why wasn't Obama hired to run the CIA in the past? Could it be he is not an expert? Why does he suddenly become an expert as President. The arrogance of the current administration is getting in the way of doing what is right for America. Can you have a recall vote for the President like local governments can?

S'matter, the heat getting a little too close now?

Of course he isn't happy. He dosen't want to go to JAIL.

Feeling guilty much?

Well, Mr. Cheney guess what. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!

Cheny is afraid he may actually be held accountable for some of his many crimes.

Doesn't the "Prez" have enough to do without going after the Bush administration? He does not understand war and foreign policy.
It will be interesting to see what his successor will do to him when he is out next term.

Cheney's hiding something...it's going to all come out. Everybody's going to see we had our own criminals running the White House.

Of course he is, it is getting too close to exposing the Cheney death squads.

I believe it is time for Mr. Cheney to "just go away". I am so sick and tired of hearing him play his "we are a safer nation because of..." card when he is defending illegal actions carried out on his orders.

All Cheney will keep doing is trying to defend his miserable record.

Again, the left tries to grind their political axe – and for what purpose.

The record speaks for itself – no attacks in seven years following 9/11. We should be thanking the CIA for protecting our families and our property, not having a left wing witch hunt.

And by the way, where is the ACLU on thing like the White House email scandal on healthcare, government run healthcare, or Acorn thugs at election polls? Very inconvenient truth.

Well we haven't heard from you in awhile, Mr. Potter .

Why do we need to hear the rabid rantings of drivel from you – an angry old man?

Let's cut right to the chase. Torture is torture. It's not "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" or whatever the apologists want to call it. It's torture, plain and simple. It's been used by countries like Nazi Germany, imperial Japan, North Korea, and North Vietnam, to name a few. Its use goes against every principle this nation is supposed to stand for.

I challenge any of you who think doing these things was somehow right to justify it to me. Explain to me how it is now supposed to be acceptable to torture prisoners when we managed to survive as a nation for over 200 years, defeating many of the world's most powerful nations, without doing so.

I agree with Cheney! I believe that the nimrod that turned that information over should be tried as a traitor to the country. I believe that any source that publishes how our country interrogates the hostile killers should be hung for treason. These people are trying to protect us and we have bleeding heart liberals that forget what country they live in, and the terrorists that they want to give rights to. Just a thought for the people that are quick to disagree with me. The people that the CIA and Blackwater are probing are killers, not civilians. If the shoe were on the other foot, these killers would be torturing and killing innocent Americans. On 9/11 America wanted action against the people that hit us. Now they feel sorry for the people that we captured that was behind it. It's funny that we can be so caring for them, but in the same breath want to fund abortions with tax money. Think about it.

TRANSLATION -- Don't investigate ALL the illegal things I did.

I think Dick cheney has been watching Jack nichilson in "A Few Good Men" too much.

Why isn't this man in prison yet?

Is in that obvious that he is protestting? I say make the SOB speak by applying the same tactics he authorized on detainees. I doubt this happenes but that is why our ciuntry lost respect because of people like Cheney who have disregard to the US consititution and the international law that he often worked had to uphold when it only applies yo other country. I say send the Dick to the slammer let him quack!!

Shut up Dick. You have presented no evidence that any plot was waylaid. You and GWB authorized torture, pure and simple. You won't be prosecuted but the history books will set the record straight.

Anyone not see this coming? Anyone?

Cheney's trying to save his own hide from being prosecuted for war crimes. Period.

Besides, it's Holder's call, not Obama's. Torture techniques like the ones described in the memos were designed by our enemies to obtain false confessions from our troops in Vietnam. The only reasons Dick & co. approved these techniques were to obtain false confessions from "terrorists" to justify the war in Iraq. Cheney authorized torture which is illegal under international law. Get your tailor to fit you for a prison jumpsuit, Dick.

Dick Cheney keeps reminding Americans why the republican party was put out to pasture.

Poor Cheney,he knows the orange jumpsuit and handcuffs will soon be his for the fitting.If ever there was an antiChrist,this was the guy.

I am a retired military colonel who simply does not believe Dick Cheney. That said, all of this will come down to our typical "left versus right" arguments. And that is sad. The Bush Administration could have done better and it knew so at the time. Professionals from the FBI were already able to conduct lawful interrogations of suspected terrorists and get most information we needed. Further, the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Gonzalez policy of using unlawful interrogation techniques only means that our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines will be subjected to similar means in the future, and we will have no legal nor moral grounds to protest such treatment. We are the United States and we could have done better.

Dick Cheney should be very careful in his comments. He, along with others, misled this country and in my opinion should be investigated and prosecuted. We became the very thing we fight against and with his knowledge and blessing.

cheney....the guy who sat around on his hands while 3100 americans died in a matter of minutes on his watch-the WORST attack in our history–the worst attack in the history of terrorism...is discussing the ability of Obama's administration to handle national security? what would he know about the subject? what's next? a rep. from the Cubs discussing world series victories?

Please, GIVE ME A BREAK! What the CIA did in their questioning is NOT, let me say that again- NOT TORTURE! I think we have become a nation of "wussies"! I don't care if they are HUMILIATED! We see more torture on main stream television everynight than what was done to these terrorists! (Maybe, we should just let them watch our late night TV shows everynight-now, that could possibly be considered TORTURE! It would be for me–I can't believe Conan has replaced Leno! He is one ugly human being and Letterman is just ugly and mean! There are no fun, gentlemanly, class-act talk show/entertainers like Johnny Carson to watch on late-night TV anymore. Are you listening mainstream TV gurus?!!! We DO NOT want your political views!!!) I think our CIA should use every means available to them in order to protect our nation! After all, we had over 3,000 people killed by these Islamic radicals! It is time for all of "US" to come to the aid of our country! Stand up and demand our leaders be responsible for doing what is "right" for America and not trying to appease some group!

Torture is torture, there is not justification or excuse for abusing the rights of a human being.
If we are to continue refering to our country as civilized we will have to make adjustments to how we treat other human beings.
Dick Cheney seems to think as long as we can get some information out of a few prisoners it's ok to torture them. This guy is a sicko.

We are hearing more from Old Man Cheney now than we did during his entire term as V.P. Why doesn't he just dry up and blow away?

Hey Dick you havent got much time left, they are coming after you and your gang, it will be all over with then.

Sounds like Dick is a little worried...

If it wasn't illegal , then why is he so worried. Because the road to illegally abusing power and disregard for the law leads back to Cheney. The issue was not whether we got good info protecting American lives,, but at what cost. Time and time again, the Cheney administration blatantly disregarded law- as if they were above the law in doing what they felt was best for America..... They were our highest officials and should be held accountable to the law more so that any other citizen. If I blatantly broke the law ,,, even if I thought it was to protect my family,, I'm sure I would be investigated and prosectuted. Thats how it works. To use your trusted position in power to justify breaking the law goes against everything American!

Dick Cheney is the single most dangerous constitutional criminal in our county's modern era. He is largely responsible for the erosion of our own civil rights, advancing the march to a war we didn't need to fight and illegally incarcerating and torturing individuals world wide.

He has more in common with the defendants at Nuremberg in 1946 than with the signers of the Constitution in 1787.

Will this man ever realize he's no longer in office and shut up? When he was in office he kept silent and invisible for the most part, now he's everywhere and doesn't shut up. Does he think his criticisms of the WH now can erase the past?

When you read about prisoners being waterboarded, hung from ceilings by handcuffs, or threatened with power drills while nude, hooded, and shackled, you are reading about Cheney's interrogation policy. Why CNN thinks it is responsible journalism to give this scumbag a platform to impugn those who are attempting to clean up the mess he made (whether by sweeping it under the rug or more thorough means) without allowing his "critics" (i.e. the sane) a single line of text in response, is beyond the faculties of this humble commenter.

"The people involved deserve our gratitude," Cheney said in the statement. "They do not deserve to be the targets of political investigations or prosecutions."

So why the prosecutions of lowly soldiers from Abu Ghraib prison during your administration Mr. Cheney? Why were those soldiers so quickly tried and imprisoned while the authors of their conduct were given Medals of Freedom? Mr. Cheney? Hello? Mr. Cheney?

Obama has turned the world upside down. The good guys are now the criminals, and the terrorists are now the good guys. Be nice to them.

Dick is afraid he might end up in prison.

Instead of worrying about terrorists' rights, Obama ought to be concerned with another 911.

Obama was quick to say the Cambridge police "acted stupidly: when they righfully arrested a aggravated and out of control Professor gates, his good friend, but Obama did not say the Scots acted stupidly when they released the Lockerbie bomber - Whose side are you on Mr Hussein Obama????

Cheney is an American hero who stands by his promise and his actions to protect all Americans. Obama cannot carry Cheney's briefcase – he is not in the same league

Get over yourself DICK... move on... it's a better day in the US with your administration out.

History will show that Cheney did what was necessary to protect this country and its citizens.

Hate him or not, he did a great job.

Hats off to you Mr Cheney, and THANK YOU!!

Dick Cheney is the guy that has caused all the problems of the past eight years and also the war in Iraq. The people in the United States should seriously consider him as a war criminal and charge him as such. It is just to bad that the politians won't do what is right just to protect themselves down the line.

Vote them all out and elect people with common sense and believe in our country....

he's running scared. every time this comes up he says its a bad idea. could it be that he did something wrong and doesn't want to get caught? can't wait till they open it all up.

Of course he would say something like that, he's most likely the one to be wearing an orange jump suit as a result. Laws against torture were put in place to protect against people like Cheney and if he's guilty of violating them, he can do the time for it. It's the only way we can prove to the rest of the world that we do indeed prosececute those guilty of such crimes regardless of what position they hold. We'll see where it goes from here. Kudos to Mr Holder.

WA WA WA WA, if you couldn't stand the heat you should have gotten out of the kitchen, CHENEY!!!
You deserve everything coming to ya, but you probably won't pay a day for it on this earth

Cheney is a criminal, immoral, unethical, and does not deserve to have everyone lying to cover for him. He is not a patriot. He has no judgment. We do not need to put him in jail. We just need to reveal how evil he has been.

Looks like Cheney is getting nervous about what might be found!!!!

If the CIA foor soldiers where following orders from someone higher up then find out who that individual(s) is and hold that person or persons responsible for any crimes committed by the the foot soldiers. Remember WW2 who got the heaviest sentences the Leaders that gave the orders.

How is it that we've heard more from Cheney in the last 6 months than in the last 8 years?

Maybe he's right, maybe he's not. Hard to tell. We certainly know how good CIA intelligence was getting us into the war by using completely false or falsified info. Now Cheney says they're above the law to be investigated! Sit down Mr. Ex-VP. Your time is over.

It is very abvious from the look on Cheney's face in the photo that he has messed his pants. He knows absolutely that any investigation will lead to his dirty hands. When he goes to the great beyond, he will kick Satan out and take take charge of the place. And Satan will bow to a superior evil mind.

Of course he "slammed" Obama. That's cause the investigation is going to result in Cheney going to jail! Can't happen soon enough.

Thousands of Americans needlessly perished/died in New York, Washington, DC, New Orleans (Gulf Coast), Iraq during the era of Bush/Chaney. Is this monster an authority on protecting citizens?

it seems like he's scared of something....

Cheney needs to be locked up with the key thrown away.

The report says we used a drill and racked a gun to frighten the terrorist during the interogation. Sorry, maybe a timeout and having to sit in the corner would be acceptable. Tthe ACLU would probably find something wrong with that as well. I can't forget when the Twin Towers fell and how frightened the victims of that horrible event must have been.

Torture doesn't work very well. If Cheney is going to say that plots were thwarted, name the target. I don't like these people any more than Cheney or any other American does, but to not follow our own laws drives us down a slippery slope of dictatorship. All people within the government need to follow the rules or be punished. We are a country that follows the rule of law. Without that, we are no better than the people who hate us. We tolerate those that we despise because we can show them the better way to live - with law and respect for all.

Why does Obama feel he has to apologize to the entire World about everything the United States has ever done before he got into office??? I'm sooooooo tired of hearing him saying the United States shouldn't have done this .......or that happened before I took over.....blah blah blah!!!!! I hope all you who voted for this idiot are finally realizing how CLUELESS he is about EVERYTHING!!!!!

the far-reaching hand of justice will find you and your henchmen

no matter where you may go hide

no matter how long it takes

no matter how you resist.

Why doesn't Cheney go away? He's still spouting the same old lies left over from when he was in office. His administration was one of cover-ups, secrecy, operating outside of the law, and not upholding the Constitution of the United States. It seems that Cheney does not want to relinquish the power he had as Vice-President. He still wants to run things in Washington. It was pretty obvious that Cheney, not Bush, was actually in control while the Republicans were in office. And I believe he's still in control to some degree, orchestrating behind the scenes to hinder all the good things the Democrats are trying to do.

The Attorney General made this decision, as he should. Obama's position has always been clear. He believes anyone following Cheney's and Ashcroft's orders in good faith is in the clear. Those not in the clear are the ones who exceeded the authority of those torture authorizations, as some clearly did and the ones who put together the whole scheme to break the law. At this point, it's clear that Cheney doesn't like the attention that's coming to him for leading violations of our laws.

He is obviously doing and saying anything he can stop any investigation about these interrogations because he knows he is so guilty of giving orders to torture. America has had previous suites against other countries defining water-boarding as torture. Another example of the double standards and their complete disregard for the laws when it pertained to the "Cheney" administration.

This whole investigation is a joke anyway. Everybody knows they tortured, and everybody knows it was Cheney and Rumsfeld that gave the specific orders to water-board (what our American government already deemed torture in previous suits). These criminals will get away with it and every other illegal thing they did during this administration. They can stop humoring us now as if they are really looking in to it. Please, a kindergartner could have figured this out already.

I think the news shouldn't even give this crook a platform to spew his lies anyway.

As Ronald Reagan used so effectively against Jimmy Carter in Presidential debate; "there you go again.......".

Please Dick Cheney, for once recognize America is a country beyond greed, self interest. self centeredness, narcissism. We're a country which abides by laws, by morals, by principles.

We lead by example.

Gee I wonder why.......

Looks like our rock star is trying to take the heat for non accomplishments off himself and start a trend where every administration investigates the previous one. Mr. Commander in chief...our guys are dying in Afganistan. IUD's are increasing WAKE UP. Stop with the stupid stuff.
Start acting like you are President instead of a wussy.

BJNJ

I believe our former vice president is very worried he will one day (justly) be tried for war crimes.

why is this guy still in the news? Does anyone listen to what he has to say? I think no one cares what Cheney thinks anymore.

Time to hold all bush's "minions" to the high court...we did it with hitlers cronies, it's time again...

Mr. Cheney has been wrong on everything so far....
"We will be greeted as liberators."

He will lie to cover his arse and that is all he is doing.

His adminstration made all of us LESS safe.

and he emptied our pockets at the same time.

He has received MILLION$ of dollars from Halliburton.

He has a lot to hide.

"There is a cloud over the vice president . . . And that cloud remains because this defendant obstructed justice," Fitzgerald said.

"There is a cloud over the White House. Don't you think the FBI and the grand jury and the American people are entitled to straight answers?" Fitzgerald asked the jury.

This comes from a REPUBLICAN prosecutor.

Thank Mr. Cheney for doing everything in your power to protect the American people! Everyone in this country owes you, President Bush and the CIA their appreciation!

No other country in the world would expose methods of intelligence gathering as we are doing. The administration is out of control in this regard. The unfortunate thing is that for security reasons, it is not possible to identify the avoidance of additional catastophic incidents based upon the information which was gathered. Let the naysayers renounce their US citizenship and move to more "liberal" countries like, let us say, Saudi Arabia, or perhaps Somalia. And take the ACLU with you.

Of course Cheney is slamming Obama over this – he does not want anyone to find out just how much him and Bush are trying to get by with! Has nothing to do with national security has to do with his own legal security!

Scott

I wish Dick Cheney would just stay quiet and lay low. He should be thankful that: one day, you can be running an entire nation into oblivion, destroying our Constitution, sending kids off to be killed in an illegal war, and the next day, you can simply retire and enjoy making jabs at our current President from "an undisclosed location." Newsflash Dick Cheney: you are no longer relevant. Go fishing, go hunting, go away. Nobody (except CNN & Fox News) cares what you think.

When I hear the name Eric Holder, I cringe.
That man is brain dead except for socialist, Marxist or communisn ideas which he lives and breaths.

Mr Cheney should shout up or be lock up in jail does this guy understand this is a country of law

Earth to Cheney, it's called torture.

It's obvious the man is afraid. But if we were not able to stop him and W from murdering thousands of Americans in Iraq, I don't believe he has much to worry about now. It's not as if anything is going to be done to him. Since his draft dodging days he has gotten away with everything up to and including war crimes and murder.

Dick, you don't get it. Nobody cared what you said while you were in office, so certainly we don't care what you say now. Enjoy your retirement and stop sticking your nose where it doesn't belong.

Cheney has zero credibility. Notice he doesn't say illegal torture obtained intelligence. Obviously, interrogation is necessary often times to obtain information but there is no evidence that torture is necessary. In fact, all evidence points to the fact that torture gets false information. No one is above the law, including Cheney. If he or anyone else in the Bush Administration broke laws, they need to prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Either the U.S. is a country of laws or it isnt. I hope we are.

Cheney and Rumsfeld and the rest should be sitting in a cold dark cell somewhere, rotting for the rest of their lives. They lied to the world, the US, and are directly responsible for the fiasco of Iraq, all in the guise of "freedom." They alone are responsible for the thousands of deaths, and tens of thousands of casulties our troops have suffered. Who really gives a crap what Cheney thinks today?

Once more, Obama defends the terrorists and accuses Americans. It's easy to see where his loyalty lies.

And Cheney did what for this country? He and Bush left the country in tatters and he has the nerve to stand back and throw bricks. You and your extreme right wing are has beens. Just bitter old men. Like you, your comments are irrelevant. Oh, please please just go away!

Oh gosh, this guy has just lost it.

We are Americans ! We should not use power drills, waterboarding, or any other form of torture. If we do, then we no longer have the right to be called an American.

It is that simple. There are lines we do not cross. That is what makes us great.

Yeah right.
Cheney and his thugs used to say that all the intelligence from Abu Zubaydah came from rough interrogation. Then the facts came out: Once the torture began Zubaydah lost his mind and had nothing of value to say. Only the previous lawful interrogation by the FBI led to useful info.
Who knows how much MORE we could have learned from him and other detainees by following methods that are proven to work than letting Cheney get his rocks off. BinLaden might be captured and put to death by now.

So Cheney thinks the ends justify the means....even if illegal?

Cheney is a dead duck. Hope he lives long enough to go to prison.

Hey Cheney, Go AWAY! No one cares for your opinion. If you have so much to say maybe you should have tried to run. Oh thats right you would have been totally annihilated, because no one trusts you for good reason.

"This intelligence saved lives and prevented terrorist attacks," Cheney said.

Mr. Cheney, how many lives were LOST and DISABLED because of the decision to go to war under false pretenses???? Be a man and admit when you were wrong! No matter how you like to twist issues to make you and Mr. Bush look like good guys, you still come out looking like bullies. Please just go away!!!!!!!

He really doesn't want people investigating what they did.

Perhaps Dick should save his comments for when he's under oath.

Hate to agree with almost anything that Cheney says. But you know what? Maybe he is right this time. Starting at the bottom is the wrong approach. Start at the top, where the decisions were made. Maybe with some one like, oh, say, a former vice president?

When you recall that ordinary hard working Americans on 9-11 had the terrible choice of burning to death or jumping 100 stories to their death, I do not have a problem with these interrogations to gain information to make sure none of us face that choice. This will haunt Obama I am afraid if this goes forward.

Dick Cheney is an absolute idiot. So, the ends justify any means? I think not.

This guy clearly does not underatand the "rule of law" concept...he has a cowboy's view of right and wrong, a view that has cost the US dearly in terms of international respect and prestige in the last eight years. As for whether his draconian measures yielded results–he has no choice but to defend them, although you could just as well argue that the failure of al Qaeda to launch more attacks against the US had more to do with their not being able to get the pieces together, than anything the administration did. In the absence of clear information suggesting otherwise, it's nothing more than a matter of faith–since you can't prove a negative.

Dick Cheney is heartless! One reminder:-Bush and Cheney didn't keep America safe before 9/11. Keeping America safe after 9/11 is no licence to commit war crimes.
If he deems the investigations unnecessary theN America should compensate Vietnamese whose relatives were executed for waterboarding american soldiers.

THIS GUY'S RIGHTFULL PLACE IS GITMO!

funny dick, your administration hung out to dry the people from the prison in irag... remember? they were prosecuted for carrying out YOUR orders to mistreat the prisoners to humiliate them into talking... YOU put them in jail!! and didnt listen when they said they were TOLD to do that! stop being an ignorant hypocrite!! don't be a dick, Dick!

we are so tired of you and the hypocracy of your adminstration, you just make us WANT to see you punished!

Mr. Cheney: You should be tried as a war criminal. I know nothing bothers you as you do not have a conscience. How scary for this country that these methods were used. Americans need to quit acting like lemmings walking off a cliff and become informed of what the "leaders" of our country are up to. I sincerely hope that these investigations uncover everything right up to the top, which means you Mr. Cheney. These tactics are a stain on our country.

Hey Dick, what are you scared of?

Dick Cheney just wants to look good for his book he wants to sell.

Guilty people always make the most noise. Dick Cheney is guilty of the most serious of crimes, he is a criminal. He and George Bush should be charged with war crimes. He is afraid the trail will lead straight back to him.
Their motto is kill anyone who disagrees with them and that is just what they did.
Both should go to jail, straight to jail !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dick Cheney should be among the first to be investigated. I think he was the mastermind behind the entire torture interrogations. Not to include Cheney would be a miscarriage of justice.

Isn't Dick Cheney in jail

Hey Cheney, here's a quarter, go call someone who cares what you think. You were an embarrassment to our country and your despicable un-American actions while in the White House should have landed your fat butt in federal prison.

Hey Cheney

Do you think anyone in the world cares any more what you have to spout out ?

Why doesn't this man and other losers simply drift off into the sunset and go away....

Dick Cheney has no conscience or regrets over the pain he caused by allowing certain interrogation practices to be used. He justifies everything by praising our lack of further attacks by the terrorists. It's a shame that he hasn't been personally investigated and prosecuted for his actions, and he and the former president should not be praised for anything they did!

Maybe Dick is afraid he's going to follow in the steps of Spiro.......i.e., to jail.

Our president never ceases to amaze me. He has no concern for the people that were saved because of the techniques used to get information. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't care what it took to keep my family safe I'm just glad that information was obtained and used to make sure I didn't have to exoperience what the 911 families did. Why put our people in more danger by bringing up what might or might not have happened years ago. I wouln't want anything done now that could put my child/family member in danger because of some type of revenge from another group of people. But so far I haven't seen much concern from the liberal side of the fence including the president. I didn't always agree with our former vice president but the more I see and hear about the present leaders the more I like Cheney.

AMEN! This is one of the things I agree with you on, Cheney. OBAMA has a lot of higher priorities than investigating the CIA operations. Namely naming the bright politicians that decided the elderly should not get a cost of living raise on their Social Security but yet allowing medicare to go up. What is he after getting rid of all the old people first then the military so his muslims can take over. IMPEACH THIS POLECAT NOW.

Kudos to the Bush Administration for protecting us by 'whatever means necessary'. I could care less how they 'procured' the information from the terrorists. The terrorists sure didn't care about the thousands of people who they murdered on 9/11, and for the families who live day by day without their loved ones. I say use 'whatever means necessary' to get the information, it is obvious the terrorists will use 'whatever means necessary' to try and destroy the USA.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

"The people involved deserve our gratitude," Cheney said in the statement. "They do not deserve to be the targets of political investigations or prosecutions".

You can't even make glue out of this dead horse. YOU are one of the people involved. Enough said.

aaaaaaw, does babby want his bobble?

International War Criminal Cheney is just afraid that this is the beginning of the process that will see him dangling from a rope in Spandau Prison for his heinous crimes.

We can only hope.

Squirm Dick, squirm. You are so predictable. Have a nice day!

I wish people would stop asking Cheney what he thinks.

Oh poor little Dicky is shaking in his boots now. We're coming for you too buddy. We're coming for you too.

hmmm, sounds like someone is a little nervous about an investigation that may come knocking on his door...

OF course there is DOUBT! We got hit under your so called protection. What are you afraid of besides a little jail time Dick??

Since things aren't going the way the Obamanator wants them to, time to distract the world with the horrors of the Bush years. After all, if he can point back to them and make them the bad guys again, none of the mess OBAMA is making in the US will matter. He can once more jump on the Democraptic mantra of it's not our fault.

Cheney makes me physically ill. What I find hard to believe is not that we have people in this country who would try to rationalize inhumane treatment and outright torture, but that we allowed such people to hold so much unchecked power in our country. Even now, we allow such people an unrebutted voice to continue their attacks on American ideals.

Stop it, Cheney! We're not afraid, anymore. Oh, for the good old days, when we had nothing to fear, but fear, itself.

go rock on the porch

He's evil. How can you defend the reprehensible tactics that were employed. "those people deserve our gratitude" ? for what dragging our reputation into the slime? He should just crawl back under the rock he came from.

I want to know exactly how the information gained by these methods saved lives. What was the information? What were the plots? Bring that to light and show us why you (Cheney) believe the ends justified the means.

If you take credit for something not happening, should you assume blame when it does?

cheney, like the rest of his nut job friends need to just go away , PLEASE

Mr Cheney, why are you afraid? if you are not guilty

Why hasn't Cheney and the rest of them been prosecuted already. All this crap the right wing nuts throw out about not being able/willing to trust what President Obama is trying to do, yet we have evidence after evidence of the Bush/Cheney regime undermining the American people. the Constitutions, the laws of this great nation. Why no outcry from the wing nuts about that?

This is a blatant political attempt by the administration to divert attention from the legitimate resistance to their health care proposals by once again resorting to campaigning against the Bush administration. Drawing upon the animosity against President Bush worked as a campaign tactic to get President Obama elected, but it will not work as a method of governing. President Obama is now the man in the Oval Office. Quite trying to blame everything on President Bush, step up to the plate and accept responsibility for the actions and decisions that are now on your watch.

Other Vice Presidents had the grace to fade away, even though they probably had lots to say. Mr. Cheney has the American right to talk but most of us want his 15 minutes of fame to go away. He just stirs up people - negatively speaking.

The only reason Cheney is coming out again is to protect his own hide – he knows HE is one of the people who will be found responsible for abusing the Law.

The people who followed orders will be fine. Its people like Dick Cheney, who gave the orders that wil have something to worry about!

Cheney buddy, they are on to you! My suggestion, a country with no extradition treaty, plastic surgery, and a new alias. With all the Haliburtoon money, those should not be a problem...right Mr. Rusty Shackleford from Arlen, Texas?

Cheney when was in power (and his assistance Bush) took the US from the top of the nations… to where we are at now financially…. People like Cheney should be ashamed of themselves. Cheney cares about his wallet!!!

Dick Cheney is a disgrace to this country and its commitment to justice and the rule of law. He is a petty draft dodger pretending to be a warrior, a flag waver whose actions as VP were consistently a violation of his oath to uphold the Constitution.
Cheney spent most of his tenure as VP in a bunker. If only he would go there now and shut up.

You know, Mr. Ex-VP, if you were really all that concerned with this nation's security, you and your boss would have read all the al Qaeda documentation given to you by Clinton's people. You then would have stuck to the objective of finding OBL. You would not have fabricated "evidence" of a connection between OBL/al Qaeda and Iraq. And you would not have attacked Iraq - a country that had not, at that time, been responsible for even 1 American death.

Let's be honest here: you're really more concerned about how much money you can continue to make from the middle east situation.

Isn't Cheney being tried for War Crimes yet??

Water is under his feet now.

What a scumbag you are Mr. Cheney. Noboby is above the law, you should be tried in an international court of law for violations of human rights. As an American Citizen, I would rather die than let pigs like you loose on the population.

I see Big Brother is still complaining about Goldstein.

Cheney needs to find himself a good lawyer, and shut up. The report isn't nearly as specific as he would like America to think it is, and we must remember that the sources who provided information for the report are the same sources that destroyed legal evidence (video tapes and other material), and who have consistently and repeatedly lied to Congress. Either Cheney is in denial, incredibly stupid, or incredibly arrogant, or all three.

He sounds like a man trying to avoid being labeled a war criminal.

Are we getting scared?? The might Dick Cheney doesn't want any investigations! I think they should look REAL DEEP!!

you and your dingbat daughter pleasse go back under the rock where you both cohabitate.

Dick Cheney has exactly zero credibility, so what he says is irrelevent.

This 'witchhunt" by the Obama administration is absolutely ridiculous. It's actually hard to top some of the stupid decisions they've already made, but this may be the number #1 ranked moronic act. Perhaps all these people should watch our loved, now dead citizens, leap from the top floors of the Trade Centers after the planes hit, and re-experience the horror we all felt. THIS IS WAR. It is not pretty, it is not comfortable, nor does it need to be second-guessed by the lowest rated Congress in history, nor by the amatuers in Washington, DC, who obviously don't have a clue what is involved in protecting the citizens of the United States, either here or abroad.

getting a little NERVOUS there hey Dickie? Haven't heard from you in a while so why come back out now?

Watch out Dickie!! They're coming to get you!!! Lol....Figures he'd be pissed because Obama doesn't think the way he does. Not everyone has your paranoid mind Dickie!!!!!

All i got to say is why cheney always comes out with a comment, that;s because cheney has something to hide, he did something he had no business doing when they were president, mark my words cheney is going down right along with the bush administratino, what's done in the dark shall come to light and it ain't gon be pretty.

No doubt Cheney is getting worried. Looks like he will finally be headed to the jail cell that he and his cronies so much deserve.

Dick Chaney is a reincarnation of Joseph MacCarthy. This self serving slime ball of an excuse for a human being should go to jail and do hard time and I believe that the majority of the families of the over four thousand dead service men and women who were killed in Iraq would agree with me.

Of course Cheney slams it, he is afraid he might be implicated!

Obama's lack of action clearly make Americans less safe.

Spoken like a true criminal covering his tracks....