[presently no screen name]

I agree. Dick didn’t give the media what THEY wanted! He, also, knows they will insert what he didn’t say - chop it to bits - just like some here. They will get the answer THEY want one way or another.

[Reagan Man]

The entire interview was an effort by Jon Karl to bait Cheney into giving an answer that could be used against him, and the GOP more specifically. Cheney didn't play their game and never does. And that ticks them off.