Here is a quote of what Cheney said over the weekend on national TV: I was a big supporter of waterboarding. Jonathan Turley points out this is a very dangerous thing to say, since waterboarding is a crime under international law. We have now come to this: a Vice President who feels perfectly comfortable in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cheney’
Does Cheney know what he is saying? (updated)
Posted: 15th February 2010 by Brant in politicsTags: Bush administration, Cheney, justice, torture
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Conservative of the year: Dick Cheney (updated)
Posted: 21st December 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Bush administration, Cheney, civil liberties, Gitmo, republicans, terror
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Did anyone at Human Events notice what year it is? Salon thinks not. For most people, the year ending now is 2009. That’s apparently not true at the right-wing magazine Human Events; reading it Monday, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Bush administration is still in office. Update: And Wonkette adds its own [...]
NYT: Comprehensive investigation of torture needed
Posted: 3rd September 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Bush administration, Cheney, torture
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The New York Times calls for a full investigation of torture programs conducted by the Bush administration, under the guidance of Dick Cheney. In Mr. Cheney’s view, it is not just those who followed orders and stuck to the interrogation rules set down by President George Bush’s Justice Department who should be sheltered from accountability. [...]
Chris Wallace defends torture
Posted: 31st August 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Bush administration, Cheney, Fox News, republicans, torture
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Chris Wallace here dismisses the moral argument against torture. This is perfectly consistent with his softball interview of Dick Cheney over the weekend.
Andrew Sullivan on the new torture revelations
Posted: 25th August 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Bush, Bush administration, Cheney, justice, republicans, torture
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Taking a break from his summer vacation, Andrew Sullivan reacts to the recent disclosure about America’s embrace of torture under Bush and the Holder investigation. He is right that the effort to bring to justice those who tortured in the name of America is critical to restoring the traditional values of America. One political party [...]
Bush considered using military for law enforcement (updated x2)
Posted: 25th July 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Bush administration, Cheney, civil liberties, Yoo
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The Bush administration seriously considered using the military to arrest terrorism suspects in the United States. Highly questionable from a Constitutional perspective, and also illegal under law. The legal “basis” for this approach was, of course, developed by John Yoo and the proposal was spearheaded by Dick Cheney. It wasn’t actually done but it was [...]
Holder considering special prosecutor for torture (updated x2)
Posted: 12th July 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Bush administration, Cheney, Holder, Obama administration, torture
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Finally. According to the Washington Post, Eric Holder is seriously considering appointing a special prosecutor to investigation whether US personnel tortured terrorism suspects in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The leak of his consideration is likely a trial ballon to test the political waters. Hopefully, the Obama administration will stand tough on this [...]
Cheney was unavailable for comment
Posted: 12th July 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Bush administration, Cheney, civil liberties, privacy, wiretapping
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According to the New York Times, Dick Cheney personally ordered that a CIA clandestine program be kept secret from Congress for eight years. The investigation of what happened has to occur. This was the program the Leon Pannetta, current CIA director, canceled last month when he first learned of its existence. The Central Intelligence Agency [...]
Bush warrantless wiretapping program kept secret within DOJ (updated)
Posted: 10th July 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Bush administration, Cheney, civil liberties, DOJ, wiretapping
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It appears that there may finally be some progress on investigation into Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program. There is an unclassified summary written by five inspectors general, according to the Washington Post. The inspectors general from the Departments of Justice and Defense, as well as the CIA, the NSA and the office of the Director of [...]
Political quote of the day
Posted: 15th June 2009 by Brant in politics, warTags: Cheney, civil liberties, Obama, politics, republicans, terror, torture
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It’s almost, a little bit, gallows politics. When you read behind it, it’s almost as if he’s wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point. I think that’s dangerous politics. –Leon Panetta on Dick Cheney’s warnings that Obama is making the country less safe.
Once again, failure at the NYT (updated)
Posted: 8th June 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Bush, Bush administration, Cheney, DOJ, Gitmo, torture
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The New York Times fails to call torture torture. In addition, the continue to participate in misstating the facts regarding the clear pro-torture policies of the prior administration. The article implies, incorrectly, that all the involved lawyers at the DOJ were satisfied with the torture policies. They were not. This is very much like the [...]
Holy crap! I agree with Dick Cheney. (updated)
Posted: 2nd June 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Cheney, civil rights
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Well, on one thing anyway. He believes that the definition of marriage should be set at the state level and that everyone should be free to make the arrangement they want. This is a better and stronger position than Obama’s. (video via Andrew Sullivan) Update: Jonathan Turely offers his take on the Cheney position.
The one issue GOP
Posted: 31st May 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Bush administration, Cheney, media, republicans, terror, war
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Frank Rich, in today’s New York Times: The speech itself, with 20 mentions of 9/11, struck the same cynical note as the ads, as if the G.O.P. was almost rooting for a terrorist attack on Obama’s watch. “No one wishes the current administration more success in defending the country than we do,” Cheney said as [...]
Another military voice against torture
Posted: 27th May 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Cheney, torture
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Via Newshoggers: Major Matthew Alexander says that torture doesn’t work, that it creates terrorists and that Dick Cheney doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Major Alexander is a credible witness – he was a U.S. military interrogator for 14 years and recieved a Bronze Star for leading the team that got the information that led to the capture of [...]
Toobin on two speeches last week
Posted: 25th May 2009 by Brant in politicsTags: Cheney, Obama, torture
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The two speeches are those last week by President Obama and former Vice-President Cheney. Toobin is Jeffrey Toobin, writing for The New Yorker. He notes the relative differences in credibility between the two men and warns of Cheney’s ability to cause problems. The full article is here. Read it. At a minimum, Obama seemed alive [...]