Torture memos contradicted Cheney's assurance they were in "full compliance with the nation’s laws"

[steven johnson]

Cheney challanged the new administration to release the torture memos saying they would vindicate the legality and effectiveness of these approaches. Oh really?

Looks like Dick's mouth made promises the documentation couldn't back up. Unless you're using Orwellian Neocon NewSpeak.

In February of 2008, Cheney told a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Committee: “The procedures of the CIA program are designed to be safe, and they are in full compliance with the nation’s laws and treaty obligations. They’ve been carefully reviewed by the Department of Justice, and very carefully monitored. The program is run by highly trained professionals who understand their obligations under the law.”

Last spring, the news media trumpeted Vice President Dick Cheney’s challenge to release the CIA’s torture memos.

It was a move Cheney supported because, he said, the documents would vindicate his claims that the Bush administration’s torture program operated within the law, and provided indispensable information in protecting the US from further terrorist attacks.


Report reveals Cheney misled about ‘trained interrogators’

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Sneer." - xVP Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney (R)

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[Catshrink]

He probably didn't think they'd do it

neener neener they called your bluff, Dick.

[madokie]

2. While he was saying one thing he was hoping for the other

the dick is in trouble and he knows it irregardless of what he says publicly. Of all the criminals of my lifetime his falling will be the one I want most to be a witness too.