Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he’s asked the CIA to declassify more documents about the interrogation of suspected terrorists beyond those released by the Obama administration - documents he says will show the Bush administration did get results with its techniques.
"One of the things that I find a little bit disturbing about this recent disclosure is they put out the legal memos, the memos that the CIA got from the Office of Legal Counsel, but they didn't put out the memos that showed the success of the effort," Cheney says in an interview with Fox News to be aired Monday evening.
"I haven't talked about it, but I know specifically of reports that I read, that I saw, that lay out what we learned through the interrogation process and what the consequences were for the country," Cheney says in the interview, taped at his home in McLean, Virginia not far from CIA headquarters.
“I've now formally asked the CIA to take steps to declassify those memos so we can lay them out there and the American people have a chance to see what we obtained and what we learned and how good the intelligence was."
The interview will air on the Hannity program at 9 pm EDT.
I find it to be pretty darn funny that, of all people, Cheney is complaining that not enough documents have been released. I think the country is STILL waiting for him to cough up the memoranda, notes, etc., pertaining to his meetings with the energy company executives. He's a very bad, very scary joke.
Posted by: Pegasus38 | April 23, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Cheney is a has-been; a perennial loser; and a soon to be indicted war criminal. It's time for him to find a country that will hide him where he can escape extradiction.
He can take his shotgun with him in case any friends visit.
Posted by: Joe Sedlak | April 21, 2009 at 09:40 AM
I believe that (IN WAR) the rules on torture of prisoners need to be suspended. The purpose of the government is to protect its' citizens.
Posted by: Harlan G Hoffman | April 21, 2009 at 08:52 AM
"One of the things that I find a little bit disturbing about this recent disclosure is they put out the legal memos, the memos that the CIA got from the Office of Legal Counsel, but they didn't put out the memos that showed the success of the effort," Cheney says in an interview with Fox News to be aired Monday evening.
OMG ~ he absolutely does not at all 'get it' ~ that guy is totally and fully not connected to a Heart!!
Posted by: KateyB | April 21, 2009 at 08:00 AM
"Cheney says in the interview, taped at his home in McLean, Virginia not far from the CIA headquarters." What more do you really need to know?
Posted by: borisjimbo | April 21, 2009 at 12:53 AM