Dick Cheney bemoans end of harsh interrogation tactics

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Dick Cheney bemoans end of harsh interrogation tactics

By Fox News From: NewsCore May 08, 2011 9:45AM

FORMER Vice President Dick Cheney has tipped his hat to Barack Obama for authorising the military operation that led to the killing of Oama bin Laden last weekend.

But, in an interview with Fox News Sunday, he also lamented the end of controversial Bush-era interrogations that many conservatives believe contributed to America's greatest counterterrorism success.

"Well, I think you've got to give him (Obama) a lot of credit for making the decision to have the SEAL team 6 conduct the raid that got bin Laden," Mr Cheney said. "It's no question that was his responsibility and I think he handled it well."

But he fanned the flames of a renewed debate over whether the so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" used by the Bush-era CIA - including sleep deprivation and the simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding - were successful and lawful.

"I am still concerned about the fact that, I think a lot of the techniques that we had used to keep the country safe for more than seven years are no longer available," he said. "That they've been sort of taken off the table, if you will."

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Cheney didn’t send any biggies Barry’s way, only said he did the right thing when the option came up. This President’s numbers were as low as they have been at that time, so it seems he pushed to have the event happen. Obama has had the information on OBL since last fall..and that has been in the news also.