Cheney warns of new attacks

[sabra]

Source: Politico

Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a “high probability” that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack in coming years, and said he fears the Obama administration’s policies will make it more likely the attempt will succeed.

In an interview Tuesday with Politico, Cheney unyieldingly defended the Bush administration’s support for the Guantanamo Bay prison and coercive interrogation of terrorism suspects.

And he asserted that President Obama will either backtrack on his stated intentions to end those policies or put the country at risk in ways more severe than most Americans — and, he charged, many members of Obama’s own team — understand.

“When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry,” Cheney said.

Protecting the country’s security is “a tough, mean, dirty, nasty business,” he said. “These are evil people. And we’re not going to win this fight by turning the other cheek.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18390.html

[ogneopasno]

1. Hey, Dick? STFU.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

14. HEY DICKEY, LOOK UP SEDITION

incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority

HE IS EQUAL TO LIMBAUGH

[Richard D]

18. He's worse than Limbaugh

cause he probably still has the connections to create a lot of harm. Never underestimate the ruthlessness of the enemy.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

42. YES, HE IS A VERY DANGEROUS

LET'S TALK ABOUT THEY ENEMY WITHIN

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Took the words right out of my mouth.

This man is mentally ill.

[DrDan]

2. is this the same guy who said we would be greeted in Iraq with roses and chocolates?

[dbonds]

3. He can go Cheney himself.

[Kookaburra]

4. Give it up, you old cyborg

That stopped being effective a few years ago. Go away now.

[Catshrink]

5. Hey Dick:

Slither back into your hole and don't come out, okay? We really don't want to see or hear from you again. Your time in the limelight and in power are over. We need to concentrate on repairing the damage you and your minions have caused. So, STFU!

[Beetwasher]

6. Headline Should Read: Cheney Planning New Attacks

n/t

[JSK]

11. My thoughts exactly about the puppet master.

n/t

[aquamarina]

26. Exactly.

[Cronopio]

34. The obvious response to him would be "How do you know this, and where did you get the info?" nt

[Zorra]

67. Or, "Cheney Determined To Strike US Again".

[phantom power]

7. Hey Dick, it's over -- you're not president any more.

[Jefferson23]

8. Who the hell is he to speak like this? He is out of office, and he is warning

people with WHAT information? I can't stand this bastard, all he is doing is trying to set up a defense for his fucking pathetic legacy.

[w4rma]

9. *Everything* the neo-cons publicly predicted have been wrong. This is wrong too. (nt)

[loveable liberal]

10. Heart Attacks?

Was he talking to his doctor?

[kentauros]

61. My very, very first thought

Sad, ain't it ;)

[stillcool]

12. Eric Holder sworn in yesterday,

and Cheney is worried today.

[No Elephants]

44. Excellent point.

[nancyr]

13. Well, he would know.

[nc4bo]

15. How would he know? Does Cheney have a red phone in his new home?

You know, the red phone with the direct line to the ME?

Douche bag Dick and bottom feeder Bush hard at work.

[Sal Minella]

28. I believe any former Veep (like every former Prez) is entitled to Daily Briefings from the

intelligence powers-that-be -- so he wants us to believe he has a deep understanding of what is actually going on in the world.

He's still on the TerraTerraTerra mantra because it's made him so much money it's a habit now.

[Jawja]

75. Least we forget that the Bastards didn't

protect us in the first place.

How convenient to overlook their failed leadership when we were being warned BEFORE Sept 11, 2001 that we were going to be attacked.

They remind us how well they protected us when they didn't protect us at all. Their response to their failed leadership was to set up gulags and military trials and torture. They only needed to heed the warnings from the system already in place.

By the way, WHERE is the anthrax killer, Dick??

[ixion]

16. Mr. Cheney, you are a coward of the highest order, a thug, and your opinion means nothing

so just STFU.

[gblady]

17. Cheny....

STFU!
Stay in your cave and be quiet...
like you did when you had the job.

[peacetalksforall]

19. When you hear this man of hate speak, try to erase him by thinking of

men and women of peace. Especially all those who brought change without killing, stealing, lying, deceiving, and spreading hate.

[benld74]

20. MY BACK! MY BACK!

[jfkraus]

22. What a Dick.

[Mari333]

23. piss up a rope, dick. nt

[montanto]

Nostradamus much?

High probability . . . attack in future . . . someday . . . something . . . nuclear something . . . fear . . . fear . . .

[jdadd]

24. Whos got the remote for his pacemaker?

[Beavker]

25. Why is the Press even listening to him?

Just like when Greenspan kept injecting his two cents. Your done. Speak when spoken to. Also, I wouldn't put it past the GOP to actually FUND some terrorists to actually create an attack. It is not outside thier ethical boundaries. If so, then we have to catch them. Then THEY are now the Terrorists and being a Republican will actually be illegal.

[TroglodyteScholar]

70. Politico doesn't exactly count as "the press"

It's about as close to "the press" as Limbaugh is.

[gblady]

27. does he have plans???

[Nostradammit]

66. Well, now that you mention it...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=259x23705



Cause unclear in death of Minot crew commander

Cause unclear in death of Minot crew commander
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Feb 3, 2009 7:44:06 EST

MINOT, N.D. — Minot police say they have found no sign of a crime in the death of a Minot Air Force Base missile crew commander, but area waiting more test results.

The body of Capt. Jonathan Bayless was found late Friday in a field north of Minot. Police Lt. Dan Strandberg says authorities were called after a resident spotted something in the field near his home.

Police Capt. Al Hanson said an autopsy was performed Monday in Bismarck. He said authorities found nothing unusual but they are still awaiting a toxicology test, which could take up to two weeks.

Bayless is reported to have lived in the area near where his body was found.

He had been stationed at the Minot base since March 2005, and was a training chief with the 91st Operations Support Squadron.


Article at: http://airforcetimes.com/news/2009/02/ap_minot_commande...




"It is also worth noting that on August 27, 2007, just days before the "lost" nukes incident, three B-52 Bombers were performing special missions under the direct authorization of General Moseley, the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. <3> The exercise was reported as being an aerial information and image gathering mission. The base at Minot is also home of the 91st Space Wings, a unit under the command of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC).

According to official reports, the U.S. Air Force pilots did not know that they were carrying weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Once in Louisiana, they also left the nuclear weapons unsecured on the runway for several hours. <4>

U.S. Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Requirements, Major-General Richard Y. Newton III commented on the incident, saying there was an “unprecedented” series of procedural errors, which revealed “an erosion of adherence to weapons-handling standards” <5>

These statements are misleading. The lax security was not the result of procedural negligence within the U.S. Air Force, but rather the consequence of a deliberate tampering of these procedures."


http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7...

[onehandle]

29. He's obviously engineering one. To Gitmo he must go. Let him be the sole prisoner like Hess. nt

[Bake]

30. Is his pacemaker still working? Damn ....

Go back to your undisclosed location, Dickless, and STFU.

Bake

[jeff30997]

31. Shut up Dick-head!

Why don't you go near a powerful electromagnetic field and fry your pacemaker ?

[Sal Minella]

32. And it doesn't occur to him that if we'd stop abetting the murder of Arabs at every opportunity

(Iraq, Gaza) our country's security might not need so much protecting.

But that would cut into Cheney's war profiteering, so forget that idea.

[area51]

33. Cheney: "terrorists will attempt a catastrophic ... attack ..."

Why, how would you know, Dick, are you in league with them, you anti-American bastard?

[demoborn47]

35. yeah dick STFU

If you're correct, the country will be under attack AGAIN and your party looks good. If you're wrong, you're just fucking everything up more. What is with Republicans who can't shut up once they're out of the public eye? Dick, you're out, no one cares anymore. Where are those WOMDs you lying prick?

[hamsterjill]

36. Oh, shut up, Dickie!!!

Fear! Fear!! Fear!!!

Panic! Panic!! Panic!!!

Dickie wants to see if he can still cause those things.

When I read that he has prophesied this, I breathe a sigh of relief that he's no longer in control!

[tom_paine]

37. Sounds like Cheney is getting ready to have his al-Qaeda pals hit us again.

Why am I not surprised?

[commanche]

38. Here we go again

When is someone going to stop Cheney and cronies blowing up America so they can blow up the world? Come on Obama, arrest these pshycopaths.

[Maineman]

39. Cheney has no idea how much people are sick of hearing from him

Somebody tell him to shut the hell up! Go crawl back in his hole.

[truthisfreedom]

40. Cheney: "tough, mean, dirty, nasty" and Un-Christian. He's speaking out AGAINST OUR PRESIDENT

when it was his policies that led to us being attacked in the first place.

Remember "a carpet of bombs"???


But, confronted with Taliban's refusal to accept U.S. conditions, ''this rationale of energy security changed into a military one'', the authors claim.

''At one moment during the negotiations, the U.S. representatives told the Taliban, 'either you accept our offer of a carpet of gold, or we bury you under a carpet of bombs','' Brisard said in an interview in Paris.

According to the book, the government of Bush began to negotiate with the Taliban immediately after coming into power in February. U.S. and Taliban diplomatic representatives met several times in Washington, Berlin and Islamabad.

http://archive.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=5166

[caraher]

41. Here are a few hints, Dick, in case STFU isn't clear enough...

The sad thing is that, eventually, if you wait long enough, there will be another attack and the fearmongers will claim they were right all along.

The scary part is that Dick is evil enough to make it happen just to claim victory (and score some sweet contracts for his pals in the bargain)

[Old and In the Way]

43. Another good reason to hustle him to the Hague.

Lets start holding war criminals/war profiteers accountable. If we use Snarly as an example, perhaps his co-conspirators will think twice about attacking us again.

[No Elephants]

45. Obviously, he has inside info. Send him to Gitmo. It's still open.

[Vinca]

46. Cheney is the first one to slither out from under the rock.

(Edited to add: My apologies to snakes everywhere.)

[conspirator]

47. Playing again with antrax you evil dickus? nt

[sarcasmo]

48. You lost, Go FUCK YOURSELF!

[edc]

49. Arguments

I might be persuaded to entertain Dick's argument if it wasn't such an obvious ad hominem, cock crowing fallacy, or I thought for one moment that he was at least as concerned about national security as he was about his investment portfolio.

[ohtransplant]

50. I think this is a debate we should have...

in open court.

This man deserves - and is apparently clamoring - to make his case. I say the new Attorney General should accommodate him.

Let him defend his past actions. Bring witnesses and evidence. Put it on the TeeVee.

In addition - create a new 9/11 commission and tell the whole story - under oath.

In the end I think he'll find the American people voted against fear and torture but hey...that's just me.

Shackles and four walls. That should be their legacy.

[musette_sf]

54. agreed n/t

[Deja Q]

51. Bring it on.

Why should Dick worry? While protecting us from death, he helped push policies to send jobs out the door.

[Marie26]

52. Oh my God, can't he go to an

undisclosed location or something? I thought one of the benefits of the election was that it would finally shut Cheney up! Apparantly not. Oh, well, he can bitch all he wants, he's powerless now.

[harun]

53. Ummmmmmmm, why is this person still talking?

[Doremus]

55. Politico, the new Faux News. nt

[fascisthunter]

56. Oh Cheney, go have your own attack and get it over with

you dishonest loser.

[Patsy Stone]

57. Who?

Name sounds familiar, but...

[TommyO]

58. Dick, you're no longer the president. STFU!

[NashVegas]

59. Go The Fuck Away

What he's doing is entirely inappropriate, bordering on sedition, IMO.

[goforit]

60. So Cheney???? When are YOU planning to attack the United States of America??

Are you going to be more specific in your THREATS against this country???

[katty]

62. cheney--go get yr heart checked if you're so worried

[xxqqqzme]

63. Well, now we know what darth has been doing

the last 2 weeks. I hope his phones are tapped.

The next time the RW seizes power there will be no Constitution to stop them. They will eliminate elections altogether.

[yorgatron]

64. Cheney is all about spreading terror.

he's gotta be one of the biggest terrorists of all time,considering how many he's terrorized.

[HughBeaumont]

65. SOME day, someone will get the balls to ask him "how he knows this".

And don't TELL me this guy has no idea. This mafia has played America like a cheap Nintendo.

When he dies, there'll be a three-day celebration.

[KakistocracyHater]

68. Cheney=pumphead?

He USED to be intelligent, even old friends & colleagues have noted that he's really lost his edge; he's also living in his own world. He & Bush FAILED to implement the most BASIC security measures: train routes, nuke plants, etc.

[TroglodyteScholar]

69. Cheney? Who is Cheney?

The headline is written as though there's someone relevant named "Cheney." Odd.

[martymar64]

71. Dick, I hope your next heart attack is painful and fatal

Die already, you evil prick!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

72. He who helped put the CON in neo-con has spoken.

[and-justice-for-all]

73. Fuck you DICK! nt

[Akoto]

74. Who? n/t

[Urban Prairie]

76. "These are evil people"

No Dickhead, YOU and the rest of the ousted neocons are really the evil people. Wouldn't surprise me if, along with any military leaders who might be relieved of command, would create a false flag attack within the US or in the Straits of Hormuz vs a US vessel to "help things along" and create the "Change That YOU Believe In!!