Dick Cheney: Torture Report He Hasn’t Read Is ‘A Crock’
[su_r_sky_ad]Dick Cheney doesn’t have to read the Senate torture report to tell you how wrong it is.
“What I keep hearing out there is they portray this as a rogue operation and the agency was way out of bounds and then they lied about it,” he said in a telephone interview. “I think that’s all a bunch of hooey. The program was authorized. The agency did not want to proceed without authorization, and it was also reviewed legally by the Justice Department before they undertook the program.”
Mr. Cheney said he never thought the C.I.A. was withholding information from him or the White House about the nature of the program, nor did he think the agency exaggerated the value of the intelligence gained from waterboarding and other techniques. The reported conclusion by the Senate Intelligence Committee that the C.I.A. misled the White House, he added, “is just a crock.”
“They deserve a lot of praise,” Mr. Cheney said. “As far as I’m concerned, they ought to be decorated, not criticized.”[su_csky_ad]
tiredoftea December 9th, 2014 at 4:10 pm
Says the subhuman who put the whole process in motion. From planting stories to bullying CIA employees to produce what he wanted, to betraying Valerie Plame, to dictating the letters underpinning the Presidential authorization of “enhanced interrogation”, he was the dark mass behind this shameful period in our history.
Why is he not under indictment for war crimes?
Eric Trommater December 9th, 2014 at 4:21 pm
Indicting a former administration for war crimes would set a very bad precedent. We would be cutting our own throats. When the GOP assumes power one day (and they will) we would be giving them the ability to go back after every Democratic administration official they had a beef with and indict them. The best we can do is clarify the laws so something like this never happens again. Sad but true.
edmeyer_able December 9th, 2014 at 4:25 pm
We don’t have to indict them, the UN has stated any country can bring charges of WAR CRIMES against bush, cheney, et al.
burqa December 9th, 2014 at 4:37 pm
They have the same travel agent as Henry Kissinger.
edmeyer_able December 9th, 2014 at 4:44 pm
They could still be tried in absentia,
granpa.usthai December 9th, 2014 at 7:42 pm
…and if found guilty, drug out of the little hole they would be hiding in on the Crawford ranch by any Chinese Military unit that might be passing by!
granpa.usthai December 9th, 2014 at 7:39 pm
hell, the USA is damn near 2.8% of the world’s population. Why should we kare what the other 97.2% think or say? Most of them ain’t even WHITE WHITE, at least not Republican WHITE, so – lets see, 97.2 vs. 2.8, say 2.8 divided by 97.2 equals 0.028, so, lets say each non WHITE Republican of the ‘final’ generation 1/1000th of a human compared to a member of the ‘master race’ then White Republicans could still out vote them on anything with enough room to stave off the growth rate until late 2017!
tracey marie December 9th, 2014 at 4:26 pm
That is what President Obama is saying, let’s make sure it never happens again.
granpa.usthai December 9th, 2014 at 7:27 pm
only way to do that would be to force Republicans to obey the US Constitution AS WRITTEN.
any and all constructive ideas to bring that about will be greatly appreciated.
tiredoftea December 9th, 2014 at 6:17 pm
No, I disagree. War crimes were committed, both W and Cheney have admitted it. Not indicting them gives the lie to the right that anything is possible with the Presidency.
As Nixon said, Cheney channeled and Loo put into a letter authorizing it, “If the President does it, it’s not illegal”. That’s a very bad precedent to leave for any future administration. We tell the world how different we are because we honor our fidelity to the law. It’s past time to put up or shut up.
granpa.usthai December 9th, 2014 at 7:24 pm
Republicans will be a blight on the rest of their ‘final’ generation’s history for sure. Much like the 3rd Reich has been for the German people.
To allow them to escape their just dues will go down very badly in the history of future generations of those who are not part of the Republican ‘final’ generation (much as the world legacy of Ronald Reagan) and encourage future retributions on US.
The one bright (different) spot is that it has elevated the world’s perception of North Korea, Iran and the war lords of Somalia. They are no longer looked upon as being as evil as the current Republican ‘final’ generation portrays them to be outside their media influence.
burqa December 10th, 2014 at 5:56 pm
I agree.
President Obama came into office with an economy in bad shape and getting worse, rapidly. He needed more than anything to work with Congress to stop the bleeding and bringing this up would have meant a year or so of hearings, division, rancor and congressmen digging in their heels.
Superstar Bill Clinton came to office in similar circumstances. The economy wasn’t as bad, but he was elected with less than 50% of the votes and could not handle opening up the Iran/Contra box of worms. Bush Sr. had pardoned major players and the target of any investigation would have been Bush himself, for issuing pardons to cover his own culpability.
We can’t keep letting people go like this.
There needs to be examples of actual prosecutions so in the future it will be known that not only will the CIA or other agency get a black eye, but they’ll go to jail if they break the law like this.
With Republican majorities in congress, I don’t see hearings on the horizon, and if I had to bet, I’d guess we won’t see any prosecutions.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker December 9th, 2014 at 6:43 pm
I don’t agree it is a bad precedent. First of all, Cheney is an exceptionally evil and heartless bastard. Secondly, Bush is exceptionally stupid and was appointed by the SCOTUS, not elected. They were not the norm in our history’s leadership and no future administration should ever feel threatened for our nation seeking justice against war criminals.
whatthe46 December 9th, 2014 at 10:39 pm
AMEN!!!!
granpa.usthai December 9th, 2014 at 7:55 pm
“When the GOP assumes power one day (and they will) we would be giving them the ability to go back after every Democratic administration official they had a beef with and indict them.”
not if there were no facts to back up their charges.
this is not a political witch hunt as Republicans are desperately trying to make it out to be.
There was the invasion of a sovereign nation based on what we now know were deliberate false and inaccurate information and fear mongering.
A nation and it’s legal government were destroyed with immeasurable loss of life, property and human rights. These are all well documented facts, not made up political retributions.
Eric Trommater December 9th, 2014 at 4:16 pm
Darth Cheney strikes again.
edmeyer_able December 9th, 2014 at 4:16 pm
The program wasn’t even initiated by the cia but by private contractors who were paid 80 million. Damn right they’re going to say it was effective.
burqa December 9th, 2014 at 4:36 pm
The rogue operation was the one carried out by Cheney and his bosom buddy, David Addington. They are the ones who started it, and who gave it a classification that kept people like National Security Adviser Condi Rice and others on the Principals Committee in the dark.
It was Cheney and Addington who got the secret memos from John Yoo and swore him and others to secrecy as they rolled Bush on it. No one knew about it until Bush had signed off on it all and even then, parties that should have been at various meetings were kept out.
edmeyer_able December 9th, 2014 at 4:49 pm
Well here’s your chance, I hope the link works, otherwise go to my timeline as I retweeted it.
Clay Adams @Mooncatadams
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KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker December 9th, 2014 at 5:23 pm
This lying SOB needs to be on trial for the war crimes he and his little sidekick committed. PERIOD!
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker December 9th, 2014 at 5:27 pm
You’re not alone.
He’s been responsible for more death and destruction whilst flushing America’s world standing down the crapper than anyone I can recall.
Stan Turner December 9th, 2014 at 6:33 pm
Pretty old trick, dick. When you can’t lie your way out of the blame, spread it around.
William December 9th, 2014 at 6:58 pm
Ya know?
….Dicks love of torture may not be just political.
Denise December 9th, 2014 at 7:05 pm
that’s it, just a bunch of “crock?” if that is all he has to say, then the report is spot on!
granpa.usthai December 9th, 2014 at 7:09 pm
Heinrich Himmler felt much the same way for his beloved SS Kamp Kommanders – up until May 23, 1945.
BTW – he did the ‘honorable’ thing for war criminals status.
AnthonyLook December 9th, 2014 at 10:53 pm
The Benghazi Report is a crock, the Torture Report is a crock; to Republicans the Truth is a crock.