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The president is the chief executive in the land...that's why it's called the executive branch of the government. Anyone in 4th grade could tell you that!
Cheney is a moron. Let the morons who live outside of reality watching Fox News just have their delusional fun and stop parroting their nonsense. Stop giving exposure to the lies that their talking heads fabricate!

I can't remember ever using the words "Cheney" and "facts" in the same sentence....unless it was to say that Cheney ignored the facts...

Actually every US citizen has the right to an attorney, right to be heard, or any other such right. Sorry but Cheney is no more criminal than any other VP over the last 100 years. Now we are going to have interegators looking over there shoulder because big brother is watching.......hey you bleeding hearts I am sorry you feel for the same people that hate you and would blow up your home and family if they had a chance.....just pray that the next attack is in your office. I bet if you asked anyone that lost someone in the pentegon or new york that if they waterboarded 100 people and got some information to save there loved one. they would take that hands down. interegation works if it didnt why would ever country over the last 100 years use it? It might not work all the time but it does produce results. I dont know of many people that rat out there loved ones because we were nice to them.......

Be afraid Cheney be very afraid....Scare tactics is your best asset

It Kills me that republicans are always saying that Cheney and the Bush Admin. kept America safe from attack for 8 years as if Sept. 11th never happened on their watch. And from all accounts, it wouldn't have happened at all if the 'we kept america safe' crowd had been a little more attentive to all the reports about a possible attack on american soil by bin laden. However, the republican crowd would, have, and is overlooking this crucial aspect of their totally lack of competence of an administration. Maybe if Cheney and the war mongers would have been so alarmed about a possible attack and DOING something about it BEFORE it becomes a reality instead of reacting stupidly by torturing and everything else after an attack, then its possible that we wouldn't even be having this discussion in the first place.

It is no secret that Bush and Cheney were corrupt autocrats.

When the rest of us were raising our Right hands and swearing to up hold the laws and the Defense of the United States, Dicky wuz a holding up his deferment.

Thanks Dick for always Duck'n responsibilities and avoiding reality.

Maybe, you should have had one of those 5,000 responsible citizens, which you have sent to an early grave, teach you some gun safety.

The winds always clear the stench away from the pond, Dick, be prepared for a hurricane.

An administration official who does not have the courage to give his or her name and hiding their identity when accusing another party lacks
courage, integrity and is cowardly.

This administration and our legislators should be spending all of their time helping to fixing the economy, cutting costs, presenting a health care plan that will cover all American citizens without bankrupting the country and the war. For the bests interests of our country this political motivated witch hunt should be stopped.

Liar liar pants on fire YOU ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW DICK!

Eric holder is one of the most dangerous attorney generals this country has seen. He is guided by a extremely partisan and racist agenda. I will be happy to see him go when this administration is voted out of office

I can't believe what I am reading. You are accusing Cheney and the Bush Admin of trampling on the Constitution and filling the White House with cronies. HELLO....what do you think Obama is doing. Where in the Constitution does it say a Pres. can create his own government within a government ( 30 upteen Czars and special departments who are accountable to no one) Seems they are making their own law and Obama is not concerned at all with our national security or our military. He never addresses them. When we get hit again..and we will, and very hard, this is his baby. The rogue dictators know he is a weak leader...it's just a matter of time. God help us!

Bull crap! Holder works for Obama. Obama is making this happen and can just as easily make it stop. Anything else coming out of the WH is bull crap

THIS IS THE WORST DECISION OBAMA HAS MADE, OR RATHER BEEN TALKED INTO. THIS WILL WEAKEN THE CIA AND OUR DEFENSES AGAINST ATTACK,. IT IS DUMB

And since when do we have one attorney general review cases already reviewed by the previous attorney general? If President Obama wants to move forwards, he needs to stop Holder. If Obama does not do this, Obama is one and done and see ya later baby

When is this person going to get out of our lives? Please – just go away you old, hateful, sadistic, war-mongering , fear-mongering, miserable, evil, malevolent (I'm being redundant here) jerk with the smirk! Just go away!!

Throw Chaney in jail and be done with it.

Cheney is right. The president swears to uphold the Constitution which is the basis of all law in the US. The democrats in DC act as though they never heard of the Constitutional jurisdictions of the president. Not only is Obama responsible for Holder's activities, he agreed to them else Obama is not even trying to be the CEO of the Executive Office and its responsibilities. Which is it?

Palin thinks the job of the vice-president is to "Get the congress together and come up with some good laws." Cheney think the President's job is chief law enforcement officer.

Maybe there should be a simple civil service test preceding every election -though probably wouldn't even need elections assuming you have to exhibit a basic wokring knowldege of government.

It figures that Cheney grew tired of all of the Kennedy coverage. Funny how Chris Wallace didn't ask him about Kennedy.

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We are safer since we used these EIT compared to what? This imaginary world where we are and have been attacked every day since 9/11? You can't compare how we are to how we supposedly might have been had something else happened. Just like always, Cheney is not credible.

Yes, according to Cheney's constitution, the president is the chief law enforcement officer. Remember, Cheney rewrote everyone's job description because that's what God's do.

Cheney is wrong about everything. His brand of fascism nearly brought America to its knees and he has the audacity to complain about Obama? No wonder the United States didn't agree to join the International Criminal Court – Cheney knew they'd try him for war crimes.

Regarding the staffer's statement on the "chief law enforcement officer", he is wrong. The president is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution. The executive branch is charged with enforcing the laws. The president is the head of the executive branch. The attorney general is appointed by the president. Even if the president were to delegate 100% of the enforcement responsibility to the attorney general, he still has the power to remove the AG at any time. Whether he's involved in the day-to-day or not, the president is still the chief law enforcement officer, by the very nature of his position. It's really not debatable.

DICK is a war criminal.

TO ALL THE GOPERS WHO THINK WATERBOARDING IS NOT TORTURE........ PLEASE ... DO.......... VOLUNTEER TO BE WATERBOARDED AND THEN TELL US WHAT YOU THINK!

Waterboarding has been ILLEGAL is in the U.S. since the 1800's. Look it up!

i am belived that chenny are great charge against terroist but i know that people are playing games blame to cheny but obama are not great presdient obama are doing keep to his mouth that he loved blamed to bush and chenny about terroist

Bush, Cheney, and Rove ALL are criminals and deserve the same kind of lengthy prison sentences they would favor for any one of us who committed the same acts!

There's a Wall Street expression called "talking your book." It refers to making the case for whatever will benefit you, rather than what is right or true. Cheney is talking his book here. He himself doesn't even believe what he's saying, it's so ludicrous. Only on Fox is it news that Cheney defends his own decision to approve the torturing of prisoners.

It is all of our duty as Americas to repudiate his behavior and do our best to ensure it never happens again. The future well being of our country depends on it (remember 9/11?).

For all of you who say Cheney is afraid of the truth,,,,,,, here is some truth for you.

Obama out right LIED. He said he would not conduct any investigations into the CIA. He said he would rather look forward than backwards.
NOW, because he wants the turn off the heat to his Health Care Bill, he will let this take center stage. AFTER he said he would not follow through with any investigation.

Obama lied, should we check out everything he said to see if it is a lie, should Holder check into what Pelosi knew or did not know? Anyone notice how that got swept under the rug, good old Pelosis comments about the CIA, but yet when pinned down on what she knew, it whoosh,,,, went away.

Liberals only want it one way, thier way. Hurl your insults, conduct your investigations, but when thousands get killed again because our countries security is breached because agents are afraid of Holder and Obama,,,,,,, do not cry tears of sadness,,,,, do not show false sorrow,,,,,,, you will have caused it.

Me thinks doth protest too much!

The President is commander-in-chief of the U.S. Military. Since the military is not a law enforcement agency, using the argument doesn't work. People in charge of enforcing the law can also break the law.

It's funny how much Republicans complain when they have to abide by the 'Rule of Law' that they so vehemently defend when their ox isn't being gored.

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iWaterboard old Cheney wash his hatefull mouth out but first clean his deep oil well pockets and bank account which is filled with Halaburton and other $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Plug his daughters mouth she is just like daddy.

Every time I see this man I think of that evil little Mr. Burns on the Simpsons!!!!!!!!

Cheney may have had heart problems, but there's certainly nothing wrong with his mouth!

Please sit down down and shut up!

I find it incredible that Bush and Cheney supporters believe that these two kept America save. People think didn't 911 happen durning the Bush years?

Show me the Gitmo vacationers who quickly and violently had their heads removed without anesthesia, who were set on fire, whose corpses were dragged through the streets while the headchoppers shouted "God is great!"

Show me THOSE tortured people and we'll give credence to your cries of torture.

Waterboarding is torture, eh?

Look, kids, if being uncomfortable and scared out of your wits, and getting wet in the process is considered torture, then Six Flags is in a lot of trouble.

One cannot be a Law Enforcement officer unless they have the power to arrest or prosecute. Mr Obama has only the power to make a citizens arrest. He can order troops into battle, sign laws into effect and administer the business of the executive branch. He cannot represent the United States in court, prosecute law breakers or issue any legal supeonas. Therfor, he is not the "Chief law Enforcement Officer." The Attorney general has all of the above powers. Case closed.

Cheney continues to insist that "advanced interrogation techniques" (read, torture) "protected the country" and cites the fact that we weren't attacked between September 12th, 2001 and the end of the Bush presidency as proof. There's one major flaw in that argument; namely, correlation. More simply put, terrorists may have chosen not to attack for any of a number of reasons besides the fact that U.S. officials tortured terrorism suspects. It could just as easily have been lack of planning, lack of money, lack of desire, or any of a number of other things that kept terrorists from attacking. But I'm sure that if we torture them they'll give us a reason...probably a false one.

One has to to wonder why Cheney, who during his term of office tried to keep the Congress and the American people in the dark, is now trying to defend his actions. The answer is simple. He is the most contemptible, corrupt, traitorous, and dishonest person in the country who sneers at the Constitution and the principles on which it was founded. I pray for the day that I see him on television (probably not on Fox News) being led away in handcuffs and shackles doing the "perp walk".

The fact that anyone is still listening to this man is beyond me. He has trashed everyone (including Bush) in order to save himself. The media has given a new podium to him and his inane daughter. The media just can't seem to get enough of these two duplicitous creeps.

Dick Cheney is a private citizen – he is no longer running this country. We have a New President and a new team. He has a right to his opinion and we have a right not to listen.
Cheney had his turn – now go away and take that crazy daughter with you. That is so rude!!! She tries to over talk everyone on each talk show – forcing us to listen to her, when it's not even her turn to speak. This shows me something about her character and intregrity. She wants other to listen to her point, however, she doesn't even want anyone else to state theirs. The same as her Dad – he still thinks he is in control and he isn't. President Obama is correct to ignore this chatter. President Obama we elected you to run this country – not the Republicans and I don;t care what their opinion is – we have voted and the people have spoken. There are a lot of people at the CIA that disagreed with the method of torture. They are now finally able to hold their heads high and understand they will not be asked to perform task that break the law!!! They are de mortalize – they are empowered.

Dick Cheney is the most disgusting, vile criminal scum ever to get control of the executive branch of government. He should be prosecuted and imprisoned.

The only thing keeping a thorough top-to-bottom investigation of the Bush administration is President Obama's fruitless quest for bipartisanship. With the health care debate it's increasingly clear that Republicans don't want anything to do with bipartisanship. So Obama no longer has anything to lose. Let the prosecutions begin.

Wonder if Holder would change his mind if him or someone in his family was saved by these techniques? So what if the mastermind of 9/11 was tortured, he deserves this fate. Do you think he consulted with an A/G before cutting off Danel Pearl's head. WAKE TO THE REAL WORLD PEOPLE !!!

Cheney's not wrong....a better question is when has the Obama circus of an administration been right? NEVER! Holder's a liberal racist, just like Obama...and his actions show that even his own staff don't respect his authority....this administration is one and done...unfortunately, the term's 4 yrs

Mr. Cheney, please be quiet. I would sooner take personal financial advice from Bernie Madoff than believe this lying war criminal. It's quite evident to anyone with a brain that you're only interest here is covering yours tracks and your dirty deals with Halliburton. If you had nothing to hide you would be silent on the topic and let the Mr. Holder dig and find nothing. The more you and your daughter protest, the guiltier you look. Why aren't Rumsfeld and the rest of gang speaking up as much as you are ?

Yes, I'm sure this investigation has absolutely NOTHING to do with Obama's plummeting poll numbers.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with the plummeting poll numbers of his healthcare takeover.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with Congressional Democrats' plummeting poll numbers.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that republicans are polling at least five points higher than democrats on a generic congressional ballot... in which respondents have said they trust the R's more than the D's on a nearly every issue on the poll INCLUDING healthcare. Republican advantage on healthcare is a first, and it's a very telling piece of information about where registered voters are right now.

I'm sure this investigation is certainly not a glittering distraction, a red herring, a tail wagging the dog, to distract the public from their once-in-a-lifetime-level of voter outrage against this administration.

"These are not the droids you're looking for," right Obama?

2010 will NOT be a good year to be a Democrat.

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Cheney is such a tool, I hope the next thing he hears are his miranda rights being read to him.

Are you serious? We have socialists as czars and this is all you can dig up on the GOP?

The administration official who said that the Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer of the land is wrong. It is the President. There is more law enforcement in the federal government that is outside the Department of Justice than there is in DOJ. As a practical matter, the Attorney General has (and must have) independence to decide on how to handle major criminal investigations, but that does not make him the "chief law enforcement officer of the land."

However, none of this means that Cheney is right in what he has said. To the contrary, he is wrong on this issue, just as he has been wrong on so many other things.

Cheney is a Liar and so is his Daughter Liz ....Time to pay the Piper!!!

Cheney was EXACTLY RIGHT

Liberals love to change the argument. This isn't about Cheney any more than his role as a journalist.

The real victims of this unnecessary and misdirected Liberal outrage are the CIA and military operatives who were simply following orders, doing their jobs.

You Liberal morons would have them prosecuted as some kind of slight on the GOP and Bush/Cheney. Statistically-speaking, more than half of these employees are probably Democrats.

I think the responsibility lies at the top of the administration that asked for torture to begin by renaming it as “enhanced interrogation techniques”, (even Ronald Regan, called the practice of torture “abhorrent”), is anyone surprised that Cheney is now crying about the investigations.

Cheney can't accept the fact that he isn't in charge anymore, and we are now actually following the constitution again.

Darth Vader Cheney just won't go away. He is still showing is nerve by showing his face after totally screwing up the country.

Hugo Chavez was right! BO and his boys are farther left the Hugo is.

This is disgraceful. The majority of the American people will hold BO accountable for this. The extremeist's seem to forget the 3,000 people murdered by these animals. Put yourself in their place. Choose between burning to death or leaping from the 70th floor of a office tower. By comparison these thugs had to go naked or lose some sleep or have some water sprayed in their face. Something our own military trains for. We're set up for another catastrophe. Last time it was Clinton's fault. This time it will be BO's.

Cheney's big mouth daughter liz was on sunday morning shows yesterday and for the life of me i have no idea why these host keep inviting this big mouth woman. She tries to talk over everybody because she does not want to hear to truth. look loud mouth, your dad is criminal and the more the you run your fat mouth the more obvious it becomes. cheney is going to jail when all this is said and done.

What exactly has Cheney ever been right about?

In the Bush adminisration, the Attorney General was the consigilere and the executive branch was immune from accountability to the legilsative and judicial branches or constitutional constraints, so Cheney's confusion is understandable.

I'm sorry but it is President Obama who is wrong here. He openned this can of worms by allowing the CIA investigation. We should be thanking the CIA, not investigating it....if we do investigate, it should be a classified investigation to gather "lessons learned" only. Information obtained by any means, actual torture, sleep deprivation, waterboarding, sodium penetal, talking, bribing etc is all suspect and must be bounced against other sources of intelligence. If the CIA got valuable information that helped us uncover plots, save lives or capture terrorist then it is worth it....I'm not saying I like their actions but I'm fed up with the second guessing and monday morning quarterbacking of the Obama supporters. This political football was created by the Obama Administration and may lead to their political downfall.

Sometimes the end does justify the means.

Oh wait...

I WANT Cheney to keep talking – his words will come in handy at the trial.

Dick, you seem to have missed this part in civics class: we are a nation of laws.

Wow, the current white house doesn't even know who the chief law enforcement agent is?

No wonder why Obama acquiesed to the release of the Lockerbee murderer. It's his new soft approach to foreign relations. Just forgive and forget, and hope for the best.

Cheney continues to prove he is out of the Richard Nixon school of thought........if the President does it (and in this case the Vice President) it is not illegal. Unfortunately for you Dick, that only works while you are still in office.

Let the War Crimes trials begin!

Terrorists should not be given the same rights as Americans.
Do people realize that by prosecuting CIA interrogators, by publicizing this, they are weakening the efforts of our intelligence agencies to keep us safe?

Maybe someone needs to interrogate this draft dogder.

We need to use enhanced interrogation methods on Cheney and find out what he knows.

I say we waterboard Cheney until he realizes he broke our laws. As far as you republicans bragging about not having been attacked in the 7 years that followed the attack on w's watch, so what. We were attacked while w was reading my little goat and had no idea what to do. What a hero for you to have. Look what he left behind as far as the economy goes. Much worse than another attack.

From ALL of America, Thank You President Bush & Vice President Chenny for doing whatever was necessary to save American lives.

People should NEVER forget what happened on 9/11 – and what happened before which is where the current Administration is taking us again. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on America.

if cheney believes that the president is the chief law enforcement officer in the land, then he should know that as chief, he needs to be held to the absolute highest standards in terms of his own adherence to the laws. he doesn't get to break them just because the puppet-master wants him to.

Ok, this is sad. Here we have Obama ducking resposibility once again and doing nothing about it. There is nothing wrong with waterboarding. My husband went through it more than once in special forces training in the navy. It's not like they are cutting off fingers and toes. What are we supposed to do? Tickle them? Leave the CIA alone for crying out loud. Lives were saved. End of story.

That would be the previous administration's way to handle it – Cheney is only going by "HIS LAWS!" Got to love this guy!

THANK YOU, Dick Cheney. These left-wing fascists here on this blog should thank their lucky stars you were there to protect them.

Cheney is advocating his "dark-side" sympathies as if he were defending hazing in college. "Hazing", that fraternity homage to loyalists within, that building block of manly bonding. Think of Cheney as the sergeant-of-arms, the defender within, who must cajole his detractors with statements of utter nonsense in order to justify his actions. Of course it is political, Cheney says. Of course this nation had to perform borderline heinous actions in order to keep this country safe. From what? The Marquis de Sade also had to justify his actions of an over-sexed man with contrary explanations. Cheney and his daughter are out to justify their actions as most suitable despite the 'dark-side' implications. Cheney is looking so much like Colonel Jessup in the movie,A Few Good Men, who actually comes out to defend the use of "Code Reds", the illegal use of internal actions within the corp. Cheney is that close to avowing the worst in men!

NO OBAMA YOU ARE WRONG!!! I'm not taking up for Cheney because he is a scoundrel. But, before you're through with your inexperience you will have ruined our military and our security system. IS THIS WHAT THE MUSLIMS INTENED FOR YOU TO DO?

Cheney prevented future attacks by sending 4000 more soldiers to miniscule Irak Al Queda Cells to be killed and left the Commander In Chief Of Al queada in Afghanistan planning more attacks in US.
Did I make my point?

the more he is nervous..............the more he talks..............................

the only question that should be asked......what size handcuffs for this
person.

Cheney let terrorists attack the U.S. on 9/11. He ignored all warnings that came out the summer before. So to make up for HIS mistake he orders torture to get false confessions. Torture is against the law. No one is above it.

I am neither GOP or DEM, but the constant political infighting is creating an environment very difficult to work in ... the "public debate" over were "Agency" and DoD interrogators violating U.S. and Int'l Law has made a number of dedicated members of the U.S. Intelligence Community apprehensive about continuing in the trade craft they have been trained do. Please think less about your political agendas and more about the men & women task to carry out the enormous burden of keeping America and her allies safe.

Cheney said these tools worked, democants screamed they did not. Cheney said release all the transcripts democants said no. Now they have and they clearly showed they worked.

Oh, the truth hurts, doesn't it Obama? Cheney is absolutely right, go read the reports. Prior to the enhanced interogation techniques, Kalid Shiek-Mohammad gave up little information, and nothing forward looking. After 183 waterboardings and other enhanced techniques, he became a treasure trove of information that led to many additional captures and killings of terrorists.

Any way you look at it, but the democratic way, the techniques are a resounding success. No wonder why Obama has so much trouble, he has his own way to measure success.

Thanks Bush and Cheney, you are both true-blue Americans.

Given the utter devestation that the Bush Administration, with Cheney as second in command, wrought on the United States specifically and the world in general, the man has no credibility to speak of on anything at all. If he told me the sky was blue, I check for myself to be sure. Why would anyone given any degree of validity to anything he says now?

In addition to that, it is now becoming crystal clear that much of his conduct in his role as VP was criminal, illegal and immoral, so again, why would anyone take anything this man says seriously? His track record speaks for itself. He ought to be in prison, and if there is any justice to be had anywhere in the known universe, that is exactly where he will end up eventually. If he had any degree of intelligence beneath his rank arrogance, he's shut his mouth and stop making such an obvious target of himself.

Go away, Dick. The country is sick to death of you. Haven't you done enough damage already?

Dick said, "the president is the chief law enforcement officer in the land."

Not since you and your puppet have left office. It's back to being an independent body. You have a lot of nerve calling this political after what you and your puppet did in firing the AG's.

You're going to be prosecuted. Get use to the idea.

Torture is illegal. No one is above the law. Justification of illegality brings shame to our nation.

I'd like to know what was learned from these so-called enhanced interrogation techniques. The Bush/Cheney admin does not have a good track record of acting on known threats. (1)They had the NSA report of bin Laden determined to attack within the US, yet 9/11 was not prevented. (2)Their intelligence about Iraqi ties to al Qaeda and WMDs was all wrong. (3)They knew, along with anyone following the news, that hurricane Katrina was going to hit New Orleans, yet their response was tragically slow and inept. How many Americans– military and civilians–have died on the Bush/Cheney watch? It's beyond an apalling disgrace. It's criminal.

If any one knows about political motivations it is Cheney but why is anyone listening to this political hack?
He thinks that if you commit a crime with good intentions that makes it alright... Are you listening O.J.?
He has made his fortune so now let him retire to hunt tame quail.

What does it matter whether you like or don't like Cheney? If he was the man-in-the-moon the issue he raises is what matters. If Holder wants to investigate he should issue a blanket amnesty to all parties involved, (except the prisoners). Find out the truth in an atmosphere in which no one has to fear that they'll be made a scapegoat. Doing so under the threat of terminations and prosecutions would destroy the morale and effectiveness of any organization

If Holder's decision is suspect then Obama gets to either keep him or fire him. If he keeps him, then Obama associates himself with the suspect decision and his motives are subject to suspicion as well. If you are suspicious of Dick Cheney then suspect him as much as you think is justified. But denouncing and dismissing Cheney has nothing to do with resolving the issue he has raised.

I am sure the Obama administration is concerned about our national security. Investigate the agency that has the responsiblity of finding terrorist!! Brilliant! Obama is a genious! Stop the agency that stops terror!! Excellant idea!

Obama assured the CIA, in person, that he would not prosecute those who acted in good faith in protecting this country. Now he's punted to Holder, who's decided to prosecute actions based upon memos generated by his own Justice Department in the prior administration. No wonder many CIA employees carry insurance to cover legal fees. This is a travesty.

Why is it so difficult to find a republican willing to TELL THE TRUTH.
Lying to appeal to the brain deads became the mantra of the party.
Enough with the lies.
I would be so glad to see the republicans opposing the cost of the health care bill and try to find a solution on the cost but all i am hearing from them is lies about stuff that are not even in the bill.
You've got to be insane to think health care reform is not needed in this country.
I was having some constant headaches and went to the doctor to get it checked up even though i work for a medical insurance company and though I wld have the best insurance, my out of pocket will be almost 2000 dollars.
Just to check if I have any tumor and start treatment early I have to spend 2000 dollars and you fools think that is right.
Amazing. I wish any of you right wing nuts ever get sick. oh I forgot you all on government run medicare

PLEASE let the investigation go forth, even after Obama and Holder said they would not do it in the first place..whats one more lie, right.. Also, release the documents that Cheney wanted declassified. If the current administration is so sure of some wrong-doings then releasing these documents will not hurt them. For all of the posters here that want Cheney in jail, it is not going to happen..otherwise Clinton would be in jail for Whitewater, Jane Fonda would be in jail for treason, the list goes on and on....

Cheney proved to be wrong for our country and in his attempt to discredit Atty Gen. Holder and President Obama, Cheney is wrong again. Dick Cheney doesn't want to appear guilty as sin by speaking for himself instead of hiring an attorney(it might look more suspicious), but he will when he accepts the fact that everyone knows he's guilty.

why not investigate getting into the iraq war lies cheneys cherry picking using the milatary for personal profit how many died on both sides needlessly

Obama can't stop a investagation at the Justice Department. You mean the constitution is going to stop him. WOW
It didn't stop him from breaking it with.
1. STATES RIGHTS
2. Placing CZARS in high places.

Nothing stops OBAMA from breaking the constitution when it helps himself.

Americans pride themselves on being intelligent and informative, if this is true then don't be naive to believe the most recent announcement by the U.S. Attorney's Office of an investigation into "water boarding" and other interrogation tactics are not politically driven ... I assure you they are! The first question in the investigation should be, what will this "investigation" gain or benefit?

Why is this guy not in jail? I get physically sick whenever i see Chaney.

Former Israeli Prime minister Ehud Olmert broke the law in his country and was already indicted. Maybe Chaney and Bush can serve time together with Olmert.

If America, now, can torture suspects, who is going to say other Nations can not?

It shouldn't be the CIA that gets in trouble for violating the law, it should be Cheney, because he is the one who ordered the torture. The CIA is just the pawns in this. Although, it is Holden's job to investigate without regard to politics. Republicans need to learn that everyone needs to follow the law of the land, and they need to get used to the fact that we have someone leading the Justice Department who actually believes in the rule of law. WOW!

Cheney is just plain WRONG, period.

I for one am happy they are investigating this dark episode in american history. We can not let these crimes against humanity to go unpunished, regardless of whether they were done by americans or foreignors.

I would rather die a proud nation, then remain a nation of cowards that would resort to the corrupt and un-christian practices that the terrorist nations of this world condone.

Those who would sacrifice honor for life, do not deserve to be americans.

PS: How did all of those other presidents guard against the terrorists with out resorting to such cowardly tactics as torture? Makes you wonder.

It was wrong for the CIA to make terrorists think we were going to physically harm them, but not actually do it, but ACORN and the Union thugs who are actually inflicting physical violence on law abiding good hearted Americans at Town Hall meetings is righteous and justified. Either you vote against the Democrats in 2010 and 2012 or you are in full 100% agreement with the statement above.

Cheney – five deferments, I believe? Sounds like somebody didn't want to get their feet wet in Vietnam. Consider the source.

Cheney is wrong as always.

WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS WITH LAWS THAT EVERYONE HAS TO FOLLOW. NO MATTER WHAT.

I wish that President Obama would support this and not leave the AG on his own. Thank you AG Holder. Keep doing your job. President Obama I still got your back but I disagree with you on this.

Guys like "Barry" et al need to do some research before posting because they look like fools. The Attorney General by law IS the top person in charge of law enforcement:

The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see 28 U.S.C. § 503) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government.

You're entitlted to your own opinions, not your own facts.

Mr. Chaney, why are you so nervous?

Are you afraid the probe will find something you did against the law of the United States?

The purpose of the probe is just to find out whether anyone did anything against the law of the United States that all US citizens are obligated to follow. So why you are against that sounds suspecious to me already.

torture is a tool used by Incompetent Rulers.

Let this fly, and we'll have state approved waterboarding/rendition rooms in every Police station in our cities , towns and rural areas.

Say yes to Cheney, Say Yes to torture, Say Yes to your children. Torture OK.

No trial because there was no crime. The Justice Dept still belongs to the President.....Bush and Cheney made it that way.

And We are now a lawless nation, Run by children.

He is trying desperately to cover his own behind. That's all there is to it.

Somebody ask a question earlier that is very interesting to ask the same wackos supporting this "war criminal, Constitution Abuser, Dictator". WHY DIDN'T HE RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008 and defend his record and run on it if it was so good, clean and appealing?
Only you right wing fools can think violating the Law and the constitution in the name of national security is the right thing to do.
Only in America Cheney can still be out there talking.
In 99.99% of civilized democraty he would have been in jail for lying to put soldiers in harm in Irak.

Cheney is OK with interogators going beyond what was legal. Just remember that Obama wanted to move forward but the big Dick just had to keep his mouth running on Fox entertainment. It was Cheney's insistence on releasing documents that prove Dick is a liar.

mr cheney, needs to go away

Funny how we do not pay attention to history and continue to repeat it. Ever heard the quote, "A country without a memory is a country of madmen." Evidently Cheney has learned and Obama and his minions have not and want to repeat are most resounding blunders.

Cheney should be doing what Bush is doing. Keeping your mouth shut is the best way to stay out of jail.

I find it shocking that Glenn Beck's Beckerheads claim Glenn tells the truth. He is an entertainer who fires up the right wing nuts with lies and fear.

Cheney continues to dig a bigger hole for himself. He loves to hear himself talk, even though by doing so he just brings more attention to his crimes. The man belongs in jail.

This man belongs to DenHaag – as easy as this!

The Bush Administration should be tried for their various crimes against our nation and humanity, including;
1. Starting a war on false premises
2. Outing an undercover CIA agent who presented evidence that Iraq did not have WMDs. (THAT'S HIGH TREASON! I still can't get over that)
3. TORTURE. years ago, we as American, from both ends of the political spectrum denounced torture. Now, only liberals view torture as a crime.

I am amazed at how the law and order folks want to throw the book at their political opponents when they are in power but excuse the gross and obvious transgressions of their own. It's the "noose for the other guy but mercy for my own." And what is that but the situational ethics these same folks whine and snivel at all the time? Hypocrites.

Looks like Dick Chene is continuing in his pre-emptive defense.

I for one am happy they are investigating this dark episode in american history.

I would rather die a proud nation, then remain a nation of cowards that would resort to the corrupt and un-christian practices that the terrorist nations of this world condone.

Those who would sacrifice honor for life, do not deserve to be americans.

PS: How did all of those other presidents guard against the terrorists with out resorting to such cowardly tactics as torture? Makes you wonder.

It's not just the fact that Cheney never served in the military; it's that all the archtects of the Iraq War – Bush, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Cheney, Rove, and many of their most vocal supporters like Limbaugh – all found ways to "defer" from serving.

They didn't listen to General Colin Powell; Rumsfeld in particular, did not listen to the generals who told him that we would need a much larger force for the invasion and securing Iraq immediately after. They did finally come around to the notion that invading Iraq wouldn't be a "cakewalk," but not until things had totally gotten out of control and many thousands of lives had been lost.

It's the arrogance and ego, lack of understanding and seeming incapability to admit, let alone learn, from his/their mistakes – and not just his lack of military service – that makes Cheney and his cronies so despicable.

It really makes you wonder who is running things doesn't it?

I mean, Obama says one thing, Holder (who should be on trial himself for his atrocities while in the Clinton administration) says something else.

It makes me wonder.

Obama has become irrelevant in such a short time...everything he does now is partisan and childish.

What were his qualifications again? He has none...and it shows. No wonder he is being ridiculed and laughed at. I never thought Jimmy Carter could be topped...I was wrong.

Every Criminal has:

1. The Right to speak in his / her Defense.

2. Present Evidence in his / her Defense.

3. Present Law in his / her Defense.

So does Cheney has the Right to speak in his Defense.

Speak Cheney Speak. We are hearing you.

We will Prove Beyond Doubt, that Cheney is a Criminal.

It is simply a political exercise in demonization by the current sleazy admnistration and I would love to see them end up with egg all over them again. Sleaziest bunch to ever assume office in this country. Did you see the latest plot to take over the internet. This idiot is making Hugo Chavez look like he is an honest open politician.

No one cares about Dick Cheney.

These interrogations are somewhat useless with the likes of these wackos. These are sub human scum who strap on explosives and detonate in various public locations. What? You don't think some of these would rather suck a lung of water than give up anything? Easy for them...

They'd rather die and be a martyer than give up info. Going to the illegal extreme makes us just like them in those ways. We've lost more credability in the world as "civilized example setters.

Cheney knows he's going to go to jail if they continue to investigate. Thats why he's so defensive. If he didn't have anything to hide, he'd keep his mouth shut.

Only one thing needs to be said in my opinion, which is that Cheney is the most dangerous thing to have happened to our country in generations. He's acted outside of the law, and in a recklessly irresponsible way that he should be held accountable for. Rot in jail you slime bag.

Chenney is a liar, liar pants on fire! The Republicans party has build their message on lies and now they come home to roost!

Evidently the constitution disgarees with:

They were right: Article 2, Section 3, describing the duties and responsibilities of the president, does contain the provision that, "…he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed…" which obviously makes the president the chief law enforcement officer of these United States. Not the U.S. Attorney General, the chief prosecutor for the U.S.

The Attorney General is the Law Enforcement Officer and not the President.
I was expecting Chenney fully to know this, or he is pretending not to know!

Wrong after 8 years?

How many terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in that time? What happened? Terrorist took a 8 year vacation from America? You liberals are amazing...you talk out of both sides of your mouth.

Mr. Cheney is acting like he's still in charge (which he was when his brother was Prez) but I have awful news for him....he's not!!!!! Get over it and shut up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thisi i grade school stuiff:

The Legislative branch writes the law
The Judical branch interprets the law
The Executive branch enforces the. As the President is the head of the Executive branch, he is the Chief law enforcement official, NOT the AG!

If Bush and the Republicans were/are so concerned about al Qaeda, then why did they ignore the August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing that explicitly stated that al Qaeda was determined to attack the U.S. using airplanes? The memo was entitled, "Bin Laden determined to strike in US."

Why did the Bush Administration ignore all the intelligence and information from the Clinton transition team about the threat from al Qaeda? And why did Bush let the capture of bin Laden become such a low priority?

Renaming prisoners of war "enemy combatants" is simply a word game that was used by the Bush Administration to exempt them from the Geneva Convention. Despicable, at best, and showing contempt for our military and legal traditions.

D. Cheney knew that he did wrong because why after 8 yrs i never heard from him but now he wants to show his face, Yeah that makes sense for him to say the Obama Administration is making the country less safe that takes the heat off him and makes people wonder.He know he broke the law and anyone who tries to defend him is callin wrong right. As far as President Obama is concern i feel he dont want this so why he says the administration is playing polictics i dont know. Eric holder is just doing his job if you are wrong you are wrong.

Cheney was right right: Article 2, Section 3, describing the duties and responsibilities of the president, does contain the provision that, "…he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed…" which obviously makes the president the chief law enforcement officer of these United States. Not the U.S. Attorney General, the chief prosecutor for the U.S.

Is there any difference between a convicted criminal in prison saying he's innocent and Dick Cheney in an undisclosed location saying that the crimes he authorized weren't crimes?

Cheney is just another shameless and reckless leader of an increasingly irrelevant Republican Party.

It's simple really:
Did we torture? Yes.
Was torture legal at the time? No.
Whoever authorized the use of torture broke the law.
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
Have a nice day!

Stealing can make you rich, but that doesn't mean you should do it. The same can be said for Torture.

The only reason Cheney is speaking out is because he is scared for his own hide! Obama and GWB both can't stand him, and they are ready to throw him under the bus!

I think Cheney deserves it frankly.

Some of you are acting like Cheney is in trouble here. Not so much.

It's the men and women of the CIA that are being investigated for political reasons.

Cheney is sticking up for the servicemen of the CIA.

Nothing will come of this. It's all politics and most Americans are sick of it.

I guess eight years is not enough for Cheney whom FOX must have on their payroll given the number of interviews he has done since leaving office. Another irritant is his mouthpiece daughter who spews the same nonsense her father does on every station possible. Please Dick retire peacefully and take your family with you.

Cheney is a meglo-manic who thinks that ONLY HE knows what is best for this country. As for the citizens? They should just shutup, sit down, and keep quiet. He knows all the answers and how dare anybody question him!!!

It took Bush a few years to figure it out but even he finally realized there was a problem and then he gave Cheney the cold shoulder and stopped taking his advice.

Why Cheney didn’t run for president in 2008 ? He didn’t want to take the heat

Now he criticizing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a joke

Cheney: Wrong then, wrong now. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

If the administration official refuses to be named, why should he/she be believed?

The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the Office of the Attorney General which evolved over the years into the head of the Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the Federal Government.

"Commander in Chief" is a military title. It means he leads the military, demokansas.

You can't have it both ways. You blamed George Bush and Dick Cheney when his Attorney General, Alberto Gonzalez fired the lawyers. Now you want to say that the decision to prosecute is Holder's decision, and his alone. This is political grandstanding at its finest, and it's putting American lives in danger. Just pathetic.

Although the "Chaney never served in Uniform" has nothing to do with
this. Somebody please show us pitcures of Pres Obama in uniform. Any uniform.. boy scouts, McDonald's, whatever! For that matter Clinton never served either. Silly arguments!

First Bush and Cheney fill the Justice Dept with cronies who make up law to support horrendous, ill-conceived policies such as torture. Then when they are seen to be doing illegal and unjust things (such as torture) they fall back on the cronies they installed. Isn't the Justice Dept supposed to be an independent branch of government? Is anyone surprised that when the Bush Administration was in power their justice department (lower case) absolved them of any wrongdoing?? Of course we should take another look at this with a real independent judiciary.

Figures Cheney and his cronies would falsely believe that the President is the top law enforcement officer...that is why they thought they could do whatever they wanted to do during the Bush era. We have a president in plaxce now that actually knows, understands, and follows the Constitution and laws of the land. What a novel concept!

The President is Commander in Chief, which means he is the commander of the nation's military forces. It is by this statute that civilian control of the military is realized, as required by our Constitution.

Translation: We are not a military dictatorship; we are a representative government whose military falls under the responsibility of our elected president. (Who, of course, consults with the Chiefs of Staff and other military leaders when making decisions.)

Folks, please do a little research before you post!

By using the topic of water boarding Chaney has managed to keep the media from focusing on the more important issue: Why did the Bush administration ingoring the warnings they were given regarding Bin Laden?
For Chaney to say that waterboarding prevented attacks and offer as proof the fact that there were no further attacks is wrong. Bill Clinton could have made that same statement after the first attack on the Trade Towers which alos would have been wrong. Chaney is dilussional. He believes that the president is the law. Heil Hitler, Dick.

Cheney is NOT above the law. He, Rumsfeld, Rove, Tenet, Bush, etc. should be in jail for the illegal activity they imposed on our great nation.

Waterboarding is torture (period). Enabling such illegally deplorable activity with excuses makes Cheney and others no better than the terrorists we are fighting.

America deserves better with justice and our moral standing upheld.

The only thing political is the fact Cheney, Rumsfield, Rice and Bush are not in jail for being war criminals.

Why is this, Official," not named.

Typical shoddy journalism from CNN.

I have no respect for anonymous sources.

Speak from the courage of your conviction or shut up.

I think "Bill" hit the nail on the head. Bush/Cheney were VERY deceitful in "defending" this country. I think they were defending their wallets first. All those saying that Obama is trampling the Constitution must have never read it. It defines our country and it's values. We are a country of LAW. If we chose to impose rule on others but not abide by it then we are not a country of values or morality any longer.

Cheney should go back to that undisclosed location, hunker down, and shut up. Then maybe the Feds won't find him when the investigation finally makes its way up the food chain to him.

what exactly are you afraid of, Cheney? he has been dead wrong on EVERYTHING!

Interesting...................why not just shut your trap and if it were for Cheney's EVIL and hate-driven manner maybe America would not be in a situation to explain use of touture.

Cheney can dish it out but not take it? Well wonders of wonders. I hope they throw the book at his narcissistic behind.

Jeez didn't you idiots listen in civics? Obama is the chief executive officer, the AG reports directly to him and gets his walking orders from him.

Would you have had Abraham Lincoln placed in jail too? While liberating the slaves and holding the union together he suspended habeus corpus, freedom of the press and trial by jury. Thank God you all weren't alive then!

I don't give a rat's patootie what other countries think of us! There were not more planes flyng into buildings!

And the only thing you will accomplish with this investigation crap is making us weaker in those crazy extremists views.

You people would have turned the Lockerbie bomber loose too...

Cheney is wrong when he says the President is the chief law enforcement officer. While that was his attitude when he was VP – and was the rationale for trampling the Constitution and breaking the law (similar to what Nixon believed) – it is not correct.

Eric Holder is the chief law enforcement officer.

According to Title 28 of the United States Code (federal statuatory law), Part II, Chapter 31, § 503, the U.S. Attorney General is the head of the Department of Justice, concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government.

All you people that think Cheney will be prosecuted need to get a life. Aren't you supposed to be getting ready for your "astro turf" pro health care reform pep rallies? When the next republican president is in office, its going to be a field day deciding what to prosecute Obama officials for....great precedent to set there Mr. Holder.

RUSSIA IS SUPPLYING WEAPONS TO AL QUIDA…..

1. What has Bush and Cheney done to stop Russia from Supplying Weapons to Al Quida.

2. Bush and Cheney cannot talk and adopt diplomacy, they only know how to war.

3. BUSH AND CHENEY ARE WARMONGERS. But they cannot war with Russia. Russia it is too Powerful.

4. Bush and Cheney can only war with Timid countries or CAN TORTURE TIMID PEOPLE.

Eric Holder remember everything and don’t fire people for political reason

There is no Liberal bias. That's just yet another bit of name-calling Fox and the right throw out there whenever anyone disagrees with them – or when they get caught lying.

Here's a helpful hint: Do some research and not just parrot Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck and Coulter's talking poins. You'd be surprised how much fiction and fantasy those four (and others of their ilk) engage in.

Bill Clinton would have stopped white water inquiry if justice dept. is not independent.
So all republican blogger stop blaming Obama for this inquiry because democrats are more honest to keep Justice dept. independent.
Cheney should be in prison, he is afraid that water will flow under his feet when some CIA agent point finger at him.
where were he when he exposed Valarie fumes a CIA agent and now all of a sudden he has sympathy for them.
And one more point did not Cheney said that we should not worried about deficit in 2003/04
how come now republican worried about deficit for health care system.

This man is coming out of the cobwebs for one reason and one reason ONLY–HE IS GUILTY. And so are his cronnies. He lied to the American people and he continues to lie. He is guilty, guilty, guilty.

Eric Holder,is doing his job, and a fine job. If he didn't do his job he would not be a good Attorney General. I'm proud of him and I hope he will follow the facts and do the job that we are paying him to do. Even if he brings down Dick Cheney and his crooked buddies.

Dick Cheney is worried that he might be going to jail. He should be worried. To anyone who has been following the public disclosures on the issues surrounding the CIA torture of detainees it is obvious that all roads lead to Dick Cheney. Cheney thought up the idea to circumscribe the UN conventions against torture, to which the US is a signatory; Cheney directed the CIA via then Director George Tenet to implement the rules on torture that Cheney’s lawyers had concocted; Cheney then ordered the CIA officers and contractors to use the most inhumane and shocking methods available to torture detainees, not to get information from them, because we all know that torture does not work, but, to punish them for having got caught and sent into US custody. Try, convict, sentence and jail Dick Cheney.

It was irresistible for us and here we go for a second comment on Cheney's recent remarks about EITs. We believe he, either, is turning his Nelson's eye to the scientific reports, or, is plain oblivious of Peter Bergen's cogent and coherent articulation of the demerits of EITs as image destroyers for the US.

Abu Zubaida, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed were waterboarded numerous times, but info. yield was pathetically negligible. They, by no means, contributed to the safety of the US. If Cheney wants to fantasize in his own world, that's his prerogative, but when he expresses his views aurthoritatively about the EITs, it does not wash one dang bit.

Give'em Hell Dick!

The communist leaning administration is obviously going to reject any argument to improve or protect America and our interests.

We need a commitment our of Washington to seek out terrorists and enemies of the American people and "nuke'em till they glow and shot'em in the dark!"

Take that you bunch of liberal pacifists!

erm, what? not chief law enforcement officer in the land? what exactly does "commander in chief" mean then?

Why does anyone listen to this clown? He and Bush destroyed our image abroad with their policies, and yes, I DO care what our world neighbors think of us.

When will the republicans and christians of this country realize that TERRORISTS are the enemy. And terrorists advocate the practice of torture. We MUST go after any and ALL terrorists (advocators of torture) be they foreign or domestic.

Torture does NOT work. Ironically enough, Reagan safeguarded against torture with OUT using torture. Torture is a cowards substitute for competence and honor.

The best thing to come out of this is to pursue all those who have made our country no better then any other country that has pursued the hainous crime of Torture. It is a crime against humanity. Hang ANYONE that authorized it!

I will agree, those that took orders MUST be left alone.

Bush and Cheney:

1. Lied to Americans that Iraq has WMDs.

2. Created a False Intelligence Report that Iraq has WMDs.

3. Caused the death of 4300 US Troops.

4. Caused permanent disability to 25000 US Troops.

5. Spent $ 1 Trillion in Iraq War.

BUSH and CHENEY should in JAIL.

Whether or not 'results' were obtained from torture of combatants is NOT the question.
The conclusion is that America has lost the moral 'high ground'.
What could Cheney say, if he were the American President if American soldiers were tortured? <<< THAT is the question!

Holder was chosen by Obama and works for Obama...

More Democrat deceit

One other point, go to Fox News and see the picture of the Afgan voter whose nose was cut off by Al Queda because he was going to vote. Going to vote!
Libutards and the Azz Clown think talking nice will persuade Al Queda to see our point of view. Send Dingle Barry for the first face to face with Al Queda.

"official who asked to not be identified" taking pot shots. Kinda like the woman suing Google for obeying the judge who had them out her for terrorizing someone on the net. If you don't have the 'nads to have your name behind your attacks keep your mouth shut, sniper.

Did Cheney ever get it right? Then again, how long did he serve in Vietnam again? Oh, yeah, that's right. Zero. Zilch. Nada. That's about equal to his credibility.

You got to love the simple minded dope. He has been wrong on every decision he has made since 2000 but he is so dumb, he doesn't know he is dumb.

An anonymous, faceless Obamatron claiming Cheney is wrong. Kind of like being called unpatriotic, a nazi sympathiser and all those other names anonymous Obamatrons call people, and paeple like the dope smoking, non working, Oprah watchers who stick their hands down the front of their pants whenever Obama says anything go along. CNN in the mean time keeps firing them up rather than reporting how Charlie Rangel cheated on his taxes and how Pelosi is covering that up. Liberal bias, liberal bias, liberal bias. Constant liberal bias in the state run media.

You Cheney supporters sound like Bhagdad Bob. Keep shouting out your version of reality, I don't think the rest of us even care anymore.

Cheney and his erroneous thought process raped, pillaged, and financially prostrated our country bringing us to the brink of total economic collapse, and earning us the hatred of the world. Does anyone remember how we were left 'flapping in the wind' in Iraq when nation after nation pulled out and left us alone to fight Cheney's War? We had no business there in the first place except to add a few more millions to Cheney's already deep pockets.

This man is an idot of the first magnitude with a sense of entitlement only match by his tremendous disregard to the law of the land. Those of you that laud him as a hero and what we needed after 9/11 fail to realize that he made 9/11 possible, and can pack up your bags and move to an undisclosed location of HIS choice with him.

Obama is the liar here... Another one of his broken promises.... I am appaulled that this administration is putting our Country and men and women at risk.... Eric Holder how dare you!!!!! I am a wife and a mother of soldiers. I don't care how they got the information from these murderers... Did the families of the Americans they beheaded get any kind of care ??? did they care about the thousands they killed on 911??/ Unbelievable that anyone would support his efforts to destroy any confidence in the CIA ashame on you....

When will Cheney get to tell his side of things in federal court....sitting at the defendent's table?

In fact, indict Dick and watch Dick run and take the 5th Amendment to avoid self-incrimination.

We cant wait to see him on "Dancing with Cell Mates".

"you have no worthwhile comment. chaney knows the real world and i want the men and women defending us the right to defend themselves."

Cheney was a 5 time draft dodger during the Viet Nam war and has never served.

He was however, very quick to send the sons and daughters of others, into war at his behest Many were killed and more were maimed.

More proof wars are begun by old men, or in his case, he has no knowledge of any armed service, but young men are always the ones to die.

Cheney doesn't live in a little place we call reality. And yes, I do like this change. For a change, people who do wrong are being held responsible for it. Its about time.

Who is the coward of the Obama administration. The writter of this story could be making this up because of political reasons like ABC and NBC not allowing apposing views on Health Care

Torture was not the official policy of the United States in the Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam or at any time during the Cold War. Certainly the Japanese Empire, Hilter, Stalin, Mao, and others were equally bent on our destruction as Al Quaida. Why does Cheney think he is above the law now? And if torture works against Al Quaida, why not employ it here against criminals, pedophiles, ecoterrorists, or just people those in power might not like (e.g., liberals, gays)? Cheney is a demented power-tripping egomaniac.

Dick Cheney wrong? Making up facts? Acting like a weasel? Lying?

You call this news?!? It will be news when we string that criminal up by his nads and let him swing in the wind for awhile. We haven't had a more criminally retarded VP since Spiro Agnew.

Let's see, Cheney and a blank wall: Which one is truthful and trustworthy ? The blank wall, every time.

Cheney had the courage to explain what the Obama Administration is really doing. Let me take it one step farther. Obama realizes he will have to abandon the public option in any health-care reform bill that might get passed. In order to placate the extreme Left, he is throwing them a bone in the form of the CIA investigation.
The other thing that Cheney has done is remind Obama that it has been eight years since we have had a mass casualty terrorist attack in the United States. If we should have such an attack, then Obama is going to have to explain why he was investigating the CIA when he should have been putting of all his resources to work pursuing transnational terror groups.
Obama is playing a very dangerous game here with very little upside for him or the country.

THe AG is not an independent Branch of gevernment. Lol.

It is part of the Executive Branch. The AG is appointed by the president and serves under him.

The AG is not the senior law enforcement official. It is the President. He is head of the Executive Branch.

Eric holder is Obama owns Holder. He can fire him at any time.

Cheney is not a liar. Obama is also the senior liar in government.

Cheney as usual does all the heavy lifting by pointing out the obvious facts to the Obama Administration. What a weak President Obama is and he will leave our country in much worse shape when he leaves office. Slick scum bag lawyers are set to rule the roost entirely with the Supreme Statist in charge. Worst President ever, ever, ever..

I could not disagree more with the former vice president but he is entitled to his opinion. In my opinion, the great men and women in our armed forces have done well in spite of the previous administration. Cheney deserves absolutely no credit for keeping the country safe as far as I am concerned. I think that Bush did the best he could considering all of the bad advice he got from Cheney, Rumsfeld and others. The only person who gave Bush any good advice on defending our great country was General Powell. Bush should have listened to General Powell.

Funny how Cheney ss all of a sudden all over the map. For 8 years he was in his bunker(except to give the occasional Fox interview....okay,that has not changed). Is he doing some advance work about a potential prosecution of himself down the road??

They say he's wrong but the president appoints the Attorney General and can fire him. Also, the president is the Commander in Chief, the highest military authority in the country. He also oversees the CIA. If Obama wanted to protect practices that WORK, the would do it. For some reason he wants to weaken the ability of the CIA to do it's work but doesn't want to take the blame. He is both a coward and a traitor for pursuing this path and history will show that these actions will have catastrophic effects.

I can hardly wait to see bush and cheney behind bars.

If we were still a nation of laws, half of Obama's administration would be in jail for tax evasion, insider trading, voter intimidation.... Not to mention the host of violations racked up by Rangel, Dodd, Pelosie... It truly has been change, but I can not believe it!

when was Cheney ever right?

Would Cheney approve of torturing a captured American child pornographer to locate other child abusers in the ring???
What about very mild torture for lesser offences, like fraud and shop lifting rings, which cost society so much money?

Someone PLEASE arrest this creep.

Sounds to me like Cheney is involved in major damage control and history revision in a vain attempt to save his own ass! He needs to spend the rest of his pathetic life in a military prison writing over and over again: America does not torture... America does not torture... America does not torture... America does not torture... America does not torture... America does not torture...

How can you say they are not politically motivated. Im sorry to break it to the Democrats on here but obama going up against Dick Cheney on National Defense he is not going to win this arguement. On top of that you have an Attorney General that help pardon some of the most corrupt people like Marc Rich and now he wants to go after people that help protect Americans. This is outrageous. The democrats on this blog are either so ignorant or hateful they can not see the truth. The Bush techniques help protect this country ....FACT...you people can hate him all you want but it WORKED....I find it almost comical you people would rather go after our own people then the people who want to destroy us. Its treason. If Obama and Holder do this they will pay a huge political price as the American People know the TRUTH.....

Doesn't Dick Cheney know that his era is over. I wish he would stop interjecting his whiney daughter into all of the news talk shows. She is really unbearable.

I guess Dick clearly can't tell that he is barking up the wrong tree. I guess he never heard the phrase "that silence is deafening."

When are they going to stop playing games with Cheney and set up an -Independent Commission- to investigate this mess? Everyone understands that No truth will come out of Cheney, he broke international law and is trying to escape ANY accountability, along with the others like Bush

It seems that we have given up holding up the Laws that are the foundation of this country!

Cheney is the poster boy for the nazi party.
He, and his republican croonies, tortured people....and now he's trying to convince the world that what they did was right.
Sounds like the anti-christ to me.

We lost about 2800 people in the 9/11 attacks. To remedy that Bush caused 4300 US Troops to die. Still the threat persists and Al Quida is existing. We spent $800 billion already. Had we given this money to Al Quida, they would promise never to attack us.....BUSH AND CHENEY ARE WORST US PRESIDENT / V.P. – THEY ARE LOW I.Q. AND DUMB IDIOTS – PUT THEM IN JAIL.

Of course Cheney would be confused about what the President's job is. Remember, he also stated that the Vice-Presidency is not part of the Executive Branch so he could have/do things his way.

Cheney Wrong? Wow - Everyone should read his statement on April 15 1994 re: why we didn't go into Baghdad during Desert Storm. The closer this deal gets to his front door, the louder this jerk will scream - using all the familiar fear tactics still in use by the GOP to lather their masses into a frenzied state of being.

"Just remember. It's the Democrats who try to stay honest. "

The pot calling the kettle black.

Got to love this "Change".

hahaha "Marxist Liberals" Karl Marx was many things but definately not a liberal.... It amazes me how many Americans toss around the words Marxism, Communism, and Socialism, and have no idea what each one means and that they are not interchangeable!! What the heck do you teach in Social Studies????

For all those left-wing idiots who think water-boarding is torture..... you can, without any doubt, count on much worse torture of American citizens by Islamic extremists down the road if Obama and administration continue with their apologetic and appeasement strategies. Obama is opening the door to them. God help us all.

Obama please focus on Health care reform who care about what Cheney say in fox

To good ol' Dick, the end justified the means. That is NOT the American way, or at least the America that I was brought up to love. American's play by the rules, and if we have a problem with those rules, we try to change them, not subvert them. Cheney and George are criminals and should be prosecuted. I'm a Republican, but I love the country more than the party.

We lost about 2800 people in the 9/11 attacks. To remedy that Bush caused 4300 US Troops to die. Still the threat persists and Al Quida is existing. We spent $800 billion already. Had we given this money to Al Quida, they would promise never to attack us.....BUSH AND CHENEY ARE WORST US PRESIDENT / V.P. – THEY ARE LOW I.Q. AND DUMB IDIOTS – PUT THEM IN JAIL. ..........

Dick Cheney always likes the "facts" that suit his position.
He frequently asserts that the Bush/Cheney shady techniques kept us safe for 8 years. I don't understand why reporters hosting these shows do not follow up with how about 9/11/2001 Mr Vice President?

I guess Dick Cheney considers that time as under Bill Clinton's watch because Cheney and Bush didn't really get to work on terrorism until 9/12/2001. Up until then, their security meetings were focused on how to build the case for attacking Iraq.

Cheney continues to run scared in an effort to cover his own. Perhaps he should be waterboarded until he tells the truth about his VP days.

Cheny is an elitist scumbag who is making the US less safe! SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE CHENEY!

Cheney used the same tone of voice during the Fox interview as he did when he told us there were WMDs in Iraq; that he doubted the war would last six months; that we would be greeted as liberators.

Once again, Cheney is lying when he says that torture is effective and that the ends justify the means.

Former V.P. Cheney almost makes Richard Nixon seem rational. Cheney's penchant for crossing over the constitutional line is well documented. He believes the ends justify the means – torture is justiifed because it produces valid information. This belief is debunked by those have used "enchanced" interrogation techniques.
Cheney is very scary. . . . and it is not even Halloween yet.

No 9/11 terrorists was from Iraq. They were from counties like Libya, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Iraq was attacked for Bush's greed for OIL. Sr. Bush attacked Iraq in 1991, which was also for OIL. But Sr. Bush did not accomplish mission in eliminating Saddam, which ultimately Jr. Bush Did.....These Guantanamo bay detainees, who were Waterboarded and Tortured by CIA, under Cheney's orders are very small fish. They belong to countries who are in poverty and not industrially advanced. These countries cannot even manufacture a dagger, leave aside sophisticated weapons. RUSSIA IS SUPPLYING WEAPONS TO AL QUIDA.....What has Bush and Cheney done to stop Russia from Supplying Weapons to Al Quida. Bush and Cheney cannot talk and adopt diplomacy, they only know how to war. BUSH AND CHENEY ARE WARMONGERS. But they cannot war with Russia. Russia it is too Powerful. Bush and Cheney can only war with Timid countries or CAN TORTURE TIMID PEOPLE.

Dick is so vocal now for one reason only: He knows real upright Americans will uncover his crimes against law abiding US Citizens!! He belongs to jail!!

Holder is using the justice department for purely political purposes. This has already been investigated.

Holder is launching another investigation to divert attention away from a $2 trillion Obama budget, a $10 trillion Obama deficit; and a $1 trillion Obama healthcare fiasco.

Hopefully, the new adminstration in 2012 will charge Holder with gross negligence.

Cheney is the ultimate faux-hawk politician. This is the same fool who, when presented with the opportunity to stand up and defend his country, ducked and said he had "better things to do."

Tellingly, Cheney STILL believes that the President gets to dictate to the AG on what to do...obviously this was the kind of illegal behavior that was the other of the day during the Bush years...like using the politicians to fire US Attorneys who didnt use their offices to do the Republicans' dirty biddings...

As for Cheney I have never supported this man who has acted out of evil...and even now has his cronnies that act in the same way (in both parties).....what I am seeing is law abliding, employer directed employees being scapegoated for the actions/orders of their higher ups. That is wrong, plain wrong!

1) If waterboarding and other means of torture were/are so effective, then why did the Bush Administration discontinue using it in 2003? Did they suddenly think our country was no longer at risk?

2) Cheney claims that Khalid Sheik Mohammed provided valuable information regarding al Qaeda. While that is true, this information was provided before he was waterboarded; records show that no reliable intelligence was obtained from him after he was waterboarded.

3) The use of waterboarding created a rift within both the White House and the CIA, many of whose members resented the White House's (Cheney's) orders to use waterboarding and other means of torture. That truly demoralized to our intelligence agencies – when they could no longer trust that the head of our government would abide by the Constitution.

Thank goodness we elected President Obama, who is restoring integrity to the White House!

For those of you who support Cheney (last I checked it was well under 20% of the population) please remember you are in a vast minority. Most Americans understand that our country operates soley on the degree of fairness our justice system is based from. Of those rights, which we extend to foreign suspects as well, if we are to pick and chose when the rules do apply and when they don't based on emotional appeal then, yes, the terrorists have won.

For us as a country to question the very basic principles of habeus corpus is to admit that our system, in which we believe is the best, is flawed.

Either we are consistant with our policies, setting an example accross the world, or we can be wish-washy and stand for nothing.

And you call yourselves Patriots?!

If Cheney has nothing to hide, then he shouldn't mind an investigation to clear his name.

Wasn't that his own logic when it came to his warrentless wiretaps?

When will the LIberals realize that the Republicans are not the enemy?

Al-Queda is. You remember them, don't you? They are the group that murdered 2998 CIVILIAN Americans back on 9/11. But I forgot, Libs want us to "get over it".

1) The terrorists who were waterboarded (3 people) are Illegal Combantants. Therefore they are not covered by the Geneva Convention.

2) Waterboarding is not torture. Unpleasant, but not torture. Our Military is waterboarded as part of their training. However, when we get caught by the Taliban, they cut off our heads and put the video up on the Internet.

3) We NEVER EVER executed the Japanese or any other enemy for simple waterboarding. The people who were executed after WW2 did more then waterboarding. You can look it up, it is all in the history books.

another note, I wish my son and brother had only been sleep deprived or waterboard. if you haven't seen the reality of war, you have no worthwhile comment. chaney knows the real world and i want the men and women defending us the right to defend themselves.

The biggest terrorists of all is the Republican party.......part of a terrorist is to insight FEAR and to SCARE Amercians.......well that is just exactly what the GOP is trying to do right now with all their lies about the Health Care trying to scare the elderly with all their lame lies, implanting all their brainwashed supporters to disrupt all the town hall meetings.......and the last 8 years of Bush/Chaney was nothing but insighting FEAR everytime they wanted to get something passed in the Senate or to get the votes or to start wars.....FEAR ......Chaney is the scariest terrorist of all........and he is afraid that these investigations is going to show all of us and the World what a low life he really is.......

Cheney and the administration are both right, from their own points of view.

The attorney general is following the law.

Cheney regards actions taken under any laws he doesn't like as political actions.

I love articles on Cheney. They really bring out the IQ in CNN's readers..

Up until a few years ago I was considered as conservative as they come. Today I am happy to say I have not changed my views one bit and I am proclaimed a liberal. Well, I am proud to wear that title.

The President may not interfer in DoJ investigations he may request an investigation, but even then, its the Attorney General that makes the decision. Whether or not to order an investigation into a proposed crimminal manner is the sole responsibility of the Attorney General. Intereference in such a investigation by anyone to include the President is consider a very serious matter, it is called interferance in a federal investigation.

The investigation is perhaps one of the most patriotic things to have come out of Washington in years. It recognizes that there are Federal Laws that mean something and that one can not just set them aside.

Just as an observer, I tend to give more credence to the guy who is willing to make his claim in person, rather than under the safety of anonymity. If the un-named "source" in the Obama administration is so sure of himself. Then let them print your name. Or else SHUT UP!

Cheney is lost! The Attorney General is an independent branch of government!!

If Cheney had nothing to hide, why would he care? he said the record speaks for itself. Yes, let's look at that record....

That Cheney doesn't have his facts straight is nothing new. Afterall, this is the VERY reason he is so popular with the fact-challenged base of the [R] party.....he is very good at coming up with his trademark delusional rightwing fairytales which make all of his neo-tard supporters feel good about their own stupidity.

The President may have been the chief law enforcer under the Cheney reign, but the Constitution states otherwise.

If the Executive branch is believed to be pressuring the Judicial branch then that should be investigated by Congress!

Cheney appears to have a problem with what the Constitution dicates and what Cheney wants to dictate.

It's Cheney who needs to be investigated.

Listen water boarding is tourtore and it is illegal. the USA has prosecuted people for this not too long ago. The Bush Cheney admin were continuously breaking well established laws and lying to the American people for year. They continue to use scare tactics to pray on the weak minded. Cheney made us LESS safe than before we were attacked. I am angry and they MUST be held accountable. This is not a dem vs gop thing, its an American thing. If all the crimes were committed by dems the GOP would be foaming at the mouth to indite.

People that call themselves patriot, and who are buried in their toothless delusion deep in Mississippii, must feel great calling others enemies of this country. It is a testament to the LIBERAL nature of our constitution that people who have no more brains than a rat, even those in Mississippii, are allowed to vote and partake in the very Bill of Rights that they would so hypocritically deny others.

cheney isn't just wrong, he's someone who should be put on trial for the CRIMES he committed...

If it IS true that the Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer then I want to know WHY this is not an elected position.....I think real research is needed about WHO is the chief law enforcement officer in this 'free' country.
As well, I think this investigation should not be national if it must take place. Personally, I think it's wrong at this point in time.

If the US doesn't investigate and prosecute the people who authorized TORTURE, you all are no better than Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq or any other country in the world that has a corrupt government. The US has already lost a great deal of credibility internationally. Half of your oh, so great nation believes that you are above the law and that TORTURE is okay as long as you're the ones doing it. If North Korea tortured your jounalists, suddenly those same people would be wanking about how evil the N. koreans are. Clean House! Prosecute Cheney & Bush!

Isn't it amazing that after all of this time, Cheney has to find ways to put himself back in the news? It is also really sad that instead of being the UNITED States of America, we are actually the DIVIDED States of America.

We are the laughing stock of the WORLD. It is no wonder that there is talk of making the Euro the basis of all trade. We have really lost it due to the fact of our miserly squabbling here.

It is time to wake up America. If you want to live in the "Greatest Country in the World" then you had better start making peace with each other and not against each other. If there was ever a "RIPE" time for anyone to attack, it is now.

This excuse for a man is evil, pure and simple evil.

Everything about Cheney is surrounded by questions with no fact based definitive answers. His life long political growth has been surrounded by mystery and inuendoes. Someone earlier asked how we trusted this thug with our country. Because the power grabbing, fear mongering small minded people (also know as republicans) bought their way into power. NO MORE. I hope Cheney and Bush are tried and shown for what they are. Political gangsters out only for themselves at our countries expense and freedoms!

Very well settings! Let there be laws of the land be served for the truth, and at will of the American people not an individual like Mr. Dick. lol...

Cheney is just another washed-up, old, white guy who still thinks he's American royalty....not!

The Voice of Reason today – is an independent – no affiliation with [D] or [R]. His name is Glen Beck.

I caution liberals and Obama-bots NOT to watch his show. The TRUTH would make you feel rather uncomforable.

Cheney is absolutely right. Obama is trying to appease the America-hating left by destroying the lives and careers of patriots. Disgusting!!

We all should be proud that our justice department is independent from the White House, the way it should have been for last eight years

When Dick Cheney was V.P. we never saw or heard from him (except his shotgun incident). Why is he crawling out of his hole now??

While it is tempting to adopt EITs to extract enough info from the blood-thirsty savages, it also behooves us to do them in a way that we do not have to answer to the human rights goup, no matter how inhuman these animals were. It is quite a tricky and thorny issue, and Cheney can not claim complete credibility' in curbing some of these calamitous catostrophes from befallin' the nation, again.

Scientists, who do statistical studies as to the efficacy of these or other methods, have not been unanimous in thses approaches. Now, politics is a different can of worms and the Dems will deal w/ the GOP in their own unique way of rebuttal.

Yeah, like I'm going to believe anything Obama or an Obama official says.

" objected to Cheney's statement that "the president is the chief law enforcement officer in the land."

BINGO!!!! There it is!! This is exactly how the Bush/Cheney regime felt about not only the presidency, but also the vice-presidency during their disastrous 8 year tenure. The president has nothing to do with the enforcement of the law, that's for the Attorney General to handle. Dickie and the Shrub, however, felt and acted otherwise.

So you see, it is NOT President Obama running ramshod all over our precious Constitution it's YOUR boys. The problem for you is that OUR boy is a little darkeer than you'd prefer, and he's a Democrat. Cry us another river, please.

Cheney was always wrong....and still is.

President Obama wanted to stop using the term " War on terror" and now he is having his own war on terror war on terror. Obama said he did not want to look backward on this issue but would leave it up to Holder to decide.....wonder who is really in charge these days??? We are going to move the terrorists out of Gitmo and then investigate the people that saved us!!!!

Why does Dick continue to draw attention to himself???? He was not this verbal during the 8 yrs he was in office. He is afraid that the truth will come out with these investigations that will haul his butt to the Hague to be tried on war crimes.

He belongs in jail!!!

Of course he is wrong! And was wrong! And will always be wrong!

Unfortunately, the American people have been lead to believe it is OK for the executive branch to dictate to the attorney general. Sorry folks, that was only under Pres. Bush! We are in a new era (the change we've been seeking) where the attorney general is allowed to work independently. I appauld Attorney Gen. Holder for seeking the investigation. If these folks have nothing to hide, then they should welcome the chance to prove they are innocent.

Safety is important.. but Freedom is imperative.
Take a good look at the Obama administration, read the CZAR book.
Our faith is in God and country. God will not favor this Godless administration. Pray and support freedom of speech and freedom FROM the propaganda of the left. Let your faith in the American people never be diminished. Patriots for God and Country!

The rational of "Someone is the enemy, and therefor we can fight with out honor" comes from cowards that do not deserve freedom. We are a land of laws, and even the PRESIDENT has to follow them.

To advocate torture, is to be worse then the enemy. We need to string up all traitors, and those are the people who believe torturing people is a patriotic duty.

Obama is taking a beating on his efforts towards Government-takeover of Healthcare....

..... so – "Blame George Bush" is rolled out in the form of CIA investigations. Sadly – the only people this witch-hunt actually hurts are the men and women working at the CIA!

But... Obama doesn't have much use the Dept of Defense... considering his desire for a CIVILIAN NATIONAL DEFENSE.

Cheney will do or say anything to try to justify his actions during the last 30 or forty years. He has shown that he cares little for the truth when espousing his position and he demonstrates utter disregard for the facts especially if they challenge his position. This individual has damaged the United States since the Nixon years and should have never been appointed to many of the positions he has held. His most outrageous act was in selecting himself for the vice-Presidency.

Cheney should keep his self-serving opinions and statements to himself and let the current elected administration proceed without his constant criticism.

It might be difficult to believe for Cheney but It is really possible (not that you would pick up on that) that our system is designed in such a way the Justice department is expected to act independently of the excutive. But cheney wouldn't know that!

Cheney's got something to hide... can't you just smell it?

It's hard to believe that we once entrusted our country to this self-serving, self-righteous thug and his cronies.

Obviously, he considered GWBush the Comander of all things... and he was Bush's puppet master. That is... until the puppet untied his strings, and started thinking for himself.

Why isn't Bush talking? I know why. Cheney was pulling all of the strings while Bush was just the puppet. Suddenly Cheney is Mr. Talkative. Bush (former blabbermouth) is quiet.

As an "American person", it is clear to me that the Bush/Cheney administration did far more to destroy the freedoms and protections our country has historically offered than any other administration we have ever had.
I am so sorry that Cheney isn't going to be tried in an international war tribunal where he might be judged fairly as the horrifying, despicable human being he is.
I hope Holder presses this but fear nothing will come of it because the Cheney spin machine is so powerful.

Dick Cheney and the grateful American people, realize who are enemies are. They are Al Qaeda, but most frightening.. they are
Marxist Liberals centered and operating out of the White House.

The FBI and the CIA should be investigating President Obama's CZAR regime. Glen Beck is one of the more talented and vocal investigators of the Obama Administrations agenda. His research should cause a full scale investigation of the Barak Obama/Van Jones/Reverend Wright inner circle and inner agenda.

Suport Glen Becks rallying cry for Democrats and Republican moderates to unite to save the Freedoms of WE THE PEOPLE.

The implication that torture by the US is responsible for eight years without an attack on the US is that we never cared enough about our allies who were atacked to ask about any plans targeting them. Looks like we got our tent up and left the UK and Spain hanging.

You have to forgive Darth Vader.........When he and Bush were in power the Attorney General did as directed by the Administration and did not reach any conclusions or take actions on their own..........Poor darth just misses the good old days..............What a joke he is.........Cheney never had to risk being waterboarded as he never served in the military just profited from HIS WAR...........

Obama should be impeached on the grounds that he's an idiot. He himself is a Muslim despite his lies and he is trying to destroy this country from within. He has no legal right to be the President. He is not a legal resident despite the Birth Certificate he had the State of Hawaii forge for him after he became President. He has not deliverered on any of his campaign promises. His numbers are dropping drastically and he opens another can of worms at a time when he should be looking to make allies. The CIA saved lives. I commend them all. The RADICAL muslims deserve what they get. Remember we are not the ones beheading people in front of a camera. Maybe we should start!!!!!!!

I take you to a scene below the White House in which three Obama approved agents know only as Larry, Moe and Curry are iinterrogating a terrorist suspect.. Now Mr. Mohammad if you don't tell us where the suitcase Nuke is we would be force to bring out Mr. Tickle Toes and to prove we mean business, you will also have to watch the View.

Taking responsibility for what happens in your organization is a significant part of strong leadership. President Bush was very good at standing up and taking responsibility. But then again, this is a feature of leadership many people learn in the military. President Bush had the advantage of learning leadership as a Naval Officer.

How about you focus on REAL issues, Holder - like illegal immigration! Too difficult, eh? What a bunch of wusses in this administration! Nothing but the blame game, no concrete solutions of their own!

Sunshine is the best disinfectant. CIA were given orders to break the law by someone, hmmmm.. might it be the one scrambling to save his own behind? He's very comfortable having others to what he himself wouldn't : 5 deferrments, torture... I For once, will the people who gave the orders be held responsible?

No wonder he has his facts wrong, the guy flunked out of Yale.

Cheney would be pathetic if his purpose was not so evil. He wants us to accept his crimes as "necessary". He wants us to accept that the end justifies the means. He wants us to abandon our nation of laws for a nation of expediency.

This would be bad enough, but his "means" acheived no "ends". Only the dehumanization fo his victims and, by proxy, the dehumanization of our nation.

Cheney and his gang, Bush, Rumsfeld, Wolfewicz, Rice, and the countless aparati that were just following orders" should be tried, convicted, stripped of their citizenship and deported.

Where to? Who cares? By their actions they have proven that they are
not Americans (nor is anyone that would give their selfserving whining any credence.

I am really puzzled that no one has asked Dick Cheney a very key question. What did the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton do that kept our Country safe from terrorist attacks that the administration of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney failed to do? It has been reported that the Bush/Cheney team ignored intelligence data warning of attacks on the Homeland prior to 9/11. It has also been reported that the administration ignored many of the tactical plans put in place under the Clinton Administration to track and potentially attack the planners of terrorist actions in camps of Afganistan.

I wonder if Cheney would allow himself to be interviewed by somebody that does NOT work for faux news.

Would he actually be saying the same ignorant garbage he spews everytime he speaks up once somebody actually asks him real questions?

This draft dodger should go suck a lemon.

If Clinton had told his AG to shut down the call for a special prosecutor into whitewater then Starr never would have poked his slimy head in the trash to come up with 'lewinsky' trap.

Just remember. It's the Democrats who try to stay honest. They don't tell their AG what to do, because they want the AG to feel like they ARE standard bearer for law and order, not just carrying water for a crook at the top. Good for Obama! BOOO on Holder. We don't need to wash our laundry in public over this, as much as I would love to see Cheney and the rest of the chickenhawks hung for being the traitors they are.

Ha! Like Cheney would let a little thing like truth get in his way!

Well it is pretty simple: If America does not prosecute the guilty no matter how high up in government they are, the result would be that other states friendly or non- friendly have all right to submit U.S. soldiers and plain Americans to the same tortures America does to others.

So to you the choice which one you want? You can't have both.

Basic logic
Don't hold the world to your rules if you can't follow them yourself.

It was interesting to hear Cheney speak of a 2004 Justice Department investigation into interrogation techniques and the administration being exonerated. How convenient can he get, anyway? A Justice Department that was wholly politically slanted with cronies at the helm clearing the Bush Administration of wrongdoing. The fact is if an independent investigation is done of the CIA is performed, Cheney Gonzoles, and many top level Defense Department Personnel would be found guilty of unlawful policies and acts that appear to only punish those who carry out Bush and Cheney misdeeds.

Breaking the law, treaties is being a criminal. Criminals should be tried and prosecuted.
Cheney thought he was above the law and untouchable. He does not and will not accept responsibility for his wrong doings.
I do hope the investigation reaches up to him.

I believe that all the chatter we have been getting from former VP Cheney in the last 6 months is that of a scared man. He knows that he will be found complicit in a myriad of unlawful and unconstitutional dealings if there are any investigations. He is defending himself in advance and trying to defuse any delving into his activities. His voice is too loud to be that of an innocent person. Perhaps we will see how far he went over to the "dark side"?

Cheney is a liar and his lies are catching up with him. No one is above the law and that goes for former VP's as well.

Dick Cheny is one of many Republicans that should be in prison. Especially, the ones from the Bush Administration. Dick Cheney is a sack of pus.

This is so ridiculous. If anything is political about this it is the fact that Cheney is not in jail yet. Obama is trying NOT to prosecute the big fish in this. Of couse, my hope is that since all the roads lead to Cheney and Rummy, eventually they will be put on trial too. I'm tired of the little guys going to jail (as was the case with Abu Ghraib) and the guys who orchestrated the crimes walk away free.

They are both right. Holder and Obama are about as far to the left as possible. Big Government, Big Brother, Big Spending.

Dick believes that an attorney general should be seen but not heard. Too bad the current AG is doing his job and not being a puppet, Dick. Have a nice day!

Cheney is wrong again....He has been wrong on every issue he ever delt with...The man is a certifiable idiot..He needs to just go away and keep his mouth shut...The world will do fine with out his advice or his daughters..

Cheney never served in the military, has always been a desk jockey and his supporters are all tax dodging hippies who never served in the military and are being paid to blog.