Vice President Cheney Comments On The CIA Investigation

Vice President Cheney Comments On The CIA Investigation

Cheney Statement On CIA Documents/Investigation -- Weekly Standard

Former Vice President Dick Cheney gave The Weekly Standard a statement Monday night about the CIA documents and the coming Justice Department investigation.

The documents released Monday clearly demonstrate that the individuals subjected to Enhanced Interrogation Techniques provided the bulk of intelligence we gained about al Qaeda. This intelligence saved lives and prevented terrorist attacks. These detainees also, according to the documents, played a role in nearly every capture of al Qaeda members and associates since 2002. The activities of the CIA in carrying out the policies of the Bush Administration were directly responsible for defeating all efforts by al Qaeda to launch further mass casualty attacks against the United States. The people involved deserve our gratitude. They do not deserve to be the targets of political investigations or prosecutions. President Obama’s decision to allow the Justice Department to investigate and possibly prosecute CIA personnel, and his decision to remove authority for interrogation from the CIA to the White House, serves as a reminder, if any were needed, of why so many Americans have doubts about this Administration’s ability to be responsible for our nation’s security.

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Cheney criticizes "political" CIA probe plan -- Yahoo News/Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090825/us_nm/us_usa_cia_cheney;_ylt=AuGiLWeEgnnGaYnm9V52ImWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTMwbDkzcXZwBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwODI1L3VzX3VzYV9jaWFfY2hlbmV5BGNwb3MDMwRwb3MDMTIEcHQDaG9tZV9jb2tlBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2NoZW5leWNyaXRpYw--

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26418.html

Cheney rejoins battle over interrogations -- Boston.com
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/08/cheney_rejoins.html

Cheney Criticizes Obama Over CIA Probe -- Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-08-25-voa39.cfm

Cheney Slams Obama Administration Decision -- ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8409637

Reading Cheney's Response To The New CIA Documents -- Time Magazine
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/25/reading-cheney%E2%80%99s-response-to-the-new-cia-documents/

Cheney Slams Obama Over CIA Investigations -- CBS
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/25/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5264504.shtml

Cheney says documents show interrogations prevented attacks -- CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/25/terror.interrogations/

Holes In Cheney's Defense -- The Atlantic
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/08/holes-in-cheneys-defense.html