Cheney Statement on CIA Documents/Investigation

weeklystandard.com ^ | August 24, 2009 | Stephen F. Hayes

[Free ThinkerNY]

Former Vice President Dick Cheney released a statement Monday night about the CIA documents and the coming Justice Department investigation.

The documents released Monday clearly demonstrate that the individuals subjected to Enhanced Interrogation Techniques provided the bulk of intelligence we gained about al Qaeda. This intelligence saved lives and prevented terrorist attacks. These detainees also, according to the documents, played a role in nearly every capture of al Qaeda members and associates since 2002. The activities of the CIA in carrying out the policies of the Bush Administration were directly responsible for defeating all efforts by al Qaeda to launch further mass casualty attacks against the United States. The people involved deserve our gratitude. They do not deserve to be the targets of political investigations or prosecutions. President Obama’s decision to allow the Justice Department to investigate and possibly prosecute CIA personnel, and his decision to remove authority for interrogation from the CIA to the White House, serves as a reminder, if any were needed, of why so many Americans have doubts about this Administration’s ability to be responsible for our nation’s security.

[NordP]

God Bless VP Cheney...SOOOOO RIGHT!!!!

[cookcounty]

Question:

Applying the Holder/Obama standard....

If Jesse Jackson said he was going to cut off Obama’s nuts, does that mean Jackson should be prosecuted for torture?

[BykrBayb]

Wow! Check out this bold statement. Very nice.

[Christian4Bush]

Richard Bruce Cheney. One thousand percent MAN.

[potlatch]

[Your #34—best view of “the look” yet. Cheney knew exactly what was ahead for all of us....]

Yes. That was Inauguration Day, and Cheney knew.
Thank you FuFu2

[LucyJo]

BUMP.

[Rebelbase]

Zero unavailable for comment.

[rlmorel]

Agreed. He is a man’s man, not one of these metrosexual wimps. He says what he means in a measured, assured way and does not take any crap. I wish the conservative movement was full of men like him.

His daughter definitely got that gene from him.

[sheik yerbouty]

He gets it!

[MindBender26]

Bet Lynn wrote the last sentence!

[MindBender26]

Lynne

[sheik yerbouty]

if he were present, Mecca would have been a smoldering crater soon aftyer 9/11, and the jihad vermin would turbanated..

[MarineBrat]

[unkus]

LOL....Good point!

[sheik yerbouty]

A National Day of Excorcism, if nothing else will give the Obamanites conniptions!

[woofie]

I want Bush and Cheney to say this:

“We take full responsibility for any interrogation decisions made during our administration. Should the Attorney General wish to investigate or prosecute anyone they should start with us.

[Mr. Mojo]

serves as a reminder, if any were needed, of why so many Americans have doubts about this Administration’s ability to be responsible for our nation’s security.

This American has no doubt the Obama administration aims to destroy our country, and that he figures he most likely has only one term to accomplish his goal.

[sheik yerbouty]

His Marxism isb morphing into National socialism, but with different racial and ethnic manias. The ultimate goal is to decionstruct America, perhaps for the Muslim ummah. The Saudi king is the sharif of Mecca..

[Mr. Mojo]

I love Cheney but when he speaks about this admin. it makes me more scared than I have ever been.

Especially considering Cheney is typically a man of restraint and understatement.

[Shelayne]

President Obama’s decision to allow the Justice Department to investigate and possibly prosecute CIA personnel, and his decision to remove authority for interrogation from the CIA to the White House, serves as a reminder, if any were needed, of why so many Americans have doubts about this Administration’s ability to be responsible for our nation’s security.

*Swoon*