latimes.com - 12/16/2008
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His comments come on the heels of disclosures by a Senate committee showing that high-level officials in the Bush administration were intimately involved in reviewing and approving interrogation methods that have since been explicitly outlawed and that have been condemned internationally as ...
abcnews.go.com - 12/16/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
The following is a transcript from ABC News'
Jonathan Karl's exclusive interview with Vice President Dick Cheney...
on Dec. 15, 2008 in the Executive Office Building. JONATHAN KARL: Mr. Vice President, there has not been a terrorist attack in the United ...
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Transcript: Cheney Defends Hard Line Tactics
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abcnews.go.com - 12/16/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, a
reflective Vice President Dick Cheney praised President-elect Barack Obama's...
national security team and admitted he's changed during his time in office. In his first exit interview and first television ...
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Exclusive: Cheney Says He's Changed
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Cheney Takes Credit for Torture
Suburban Guerrilla —
Yoo hoo! International War Crimes Tribunal? Over here!
Reporting from Washington — Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he was directly involved in approving severe interrogation methods used by the CIA, and that the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should remain open indefinitely.
Cheney’s remarks on Guantanamo appear to put him at odds with President Bush, who has expressed a desire to close the prison, although the decision is expected to be left to the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama. ...
Cheney was key in clearing CIA interrogation tactics
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... although the decision is expected to be left to the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama. Cheney's comments also mark the first time that he has acknowledged playing a central role in clearing the CIA's use of an array of controversial interrogation tactics, including a simulated drowning method known as waterboarding. "I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared," Cheney said in an interview with ABC News. Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ch...
The Senate Has Blamed Bush for Abu Grahib...
The BRAD BLOG —
... that he approved torturing suspects in custody --- albeit with a quibble over the semantics of the word "torture" --- but his confession has received little notice on other channels. The story ran on page A14 in the Los Angeles Times today, with the White House-approved euphemism in the headline, "Cheney Was Key in Clearing CIA Interrogation Tactics."
In fact, of course, what he "cleared" was much more than "interrogation tactics," it was, as the text of article makes clear, torture:
Cheney's comments ... mark the first time that he has acknowledged ...
Tuesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... fell in November to the lowest point since the government started keeping track in 1959. * The attempted terrorism in Paris today looked pretty scary. * It looks like some folks may end up owing Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) an apology. If he's been working with federal investigators for months, then he's helped catch a crook. * Is Muntadar al-Zaidi, the shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist, being abused while in custody? * What do you know, Cheney signed off on torture . * Speaking of Cheney, the fact that he's still ...
Cheney admits authorizing torture
Newshoggers.com —
... by Jay McDonough
From the LA Times:
Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he was directly involved in approving severe interrogation methods used by the CIA, and that the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should remain open indefinitely.
Cheney's comments also mark the first time that he has acknowledged playing a central role in clearing the CIA's use of an array of controversial interrogation tactics, including a simulated drowning method known as waterboarding.
"I was aware ...
The Daily Muck
TPMMuckraker —
... On Monday Vice President Dick Cheney reiterated his support for advanced interrogation methods, admitting that he was directly involved in approving such methods in the first place. The Vice President also declared that Guantanamo Bay should stay open until "the end of the war on terror," putting him at odds with President Bush. (Los Angeles Times) ...
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Cheney: Water-boarding was appropriate
swamppolitics.com 12/16/2008 — by Mark Silva
Vice President Dick Cheney says he supported interrogation tactics that were used against the terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- including that which has been described as "water-boarding.''
"I was aware of the program, ...
Anatomy of a Vice Presidency
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/17/2008 —
Let me just say to begin with that it is flattering and daunting, in more or less equal parts, to talk about my new book on Vice President Cheney with four of its published critics: Jacob Heilbrunn in the NYT Book Review , Steve Clemons in the ...
What Really Happened
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 —
Uh oh. I waited too long to weigh back in, and now there's way too much to talk about. I'll address two points now and post again as soon as I can.
Jake asks what's so new about a big shot cutting corners and maneuvering for power. In ...
First Bush now Cheney
politico.com 11/2/2008 —
McCain's campaign and the RNC have done everything possible to keep Bush and Cheney hidden from view, but Obama is jumping on any glimpse of the unpopular duo.
His campaign flagged a wire story a few days ago noting that POTUS had cast his ...
Facts, Not Fiction
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/22/2008 —
I doubt I can break much ground on whether Angler is pro- or anti-Cheney, or sufficiently balanced, or correct in its judgments. I'm happy to leave that judgment to readers. I do not claim, as I think my interlocutors here understand, that Angler ...
An Anti-Cheney "Brief"
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/17/2008 —
Let me begin by thanking TPMCafe for inviting me to discuss Angler and by thanking Bart Gellman for reaching out to me following the publication of his book.
As Bart notes , the other participants in this discussion have reviewed Angler ; I ...
When the president does it...
washingtonmonthly.com 12/22/2008 — WHEN THE PRESIDENT DOES IT.... It's been a common refrain over the last eight years, but it's even more common now in light of the new Frost/Nixon movie: "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal."...
Cheney’s Highest Moment in the Last 8 Years? 9/11.
commentsfromleftfield.com 12/23/2008 — From the Washington Post :
Vice President Cheney offered an unabashed defense of the Bush administration’s claims of broad executive powers today, mocking criticism from Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and saying the president ...
Cheney: Obama Will "Appreciate" Our Expansion Of Power
huffingtonpost.com 12/17/2008 — In an interview with Rush Limbaugh (via Politico ), Vice President Dick Cheney predicted that the next president will appreciate the way he and George Bush expanded executive power.
"Once they get here and they're faced with the same problems we ...
Bush v. Cheney
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/4/2009 — Whatever you think of George W. Bush, I think you have to concede that, in some respects, he's been personally gracious towards Barack Obama and his family since election night. I say this with the obvious, massive caveat of the Blair House incident ...
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