Cheney wrong on interrogation inquiry facts, Obama official says

[sabra]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney had his facts wrong when he blasted Attorney General Eric Holder last week for launching an investigation into past CIA interrogation techniques, an administration official asserted Monday.

Holder’s decision to review waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques was politically motivated, Cheney claimed in remarks broadcast on FOX News Sunday. Cheney made clear in the interview, conducted last Friday, that he believes President Barack Obama directed Holder to launch the review in response to pressure from left-wing Democrats.

But the administration official, who asked not to be identified, said, “The attorney general made a determination independently, based on the facts and the law.”

The official also objected to Cheney’s statement that “the president is the chief law enforcement officer in the land.”

“That’s not true,” the official replied. “It’s the attorney general.”


Read more: http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/31/cheney-wrong-on-interrogation-inquiry-facts-obama-official-says/

[BOSSHOG]

1. As long as republicans have their current base

facts are irrelevant. The posturing of the monster is a horrible thing to behold.

[sharp_stick]

2. You can't blame Cheney

he's so used to having the DOJ and the attorney general act as a simple extension of the Executive Branch that he forgets that other Presidential administrations, ones with some validity, actually think the DOJ is independent.

Fuck Dick Cheney and all who give him a platform.

[ladywnch]

3. the Vice President is not part of the Executive Branch according to Cheney

....the man needs a basic Civics class!

[sharp_stick]

4. Oh that's true isn't it?

I'd forgotten that Dick decided to place himself in that beautiful little wonderland between Executive and Administrative branches where children scream and laws no longer apply.

That psychotic old goat needs a prison cell with a HD flat screen on the wall where they run Keith Olbermann on a loop.

[ladywnch]

11. nice touch! maybe break up the monotony with a little Rachel thrown in.

[n2doc]

5. "Facts wrong" = he lied

Everything he does is predicated on lies.

[unblock]

6. logically correct, but politically wrong response.

of course cheney is wrong on the facts and the obama guys are right on the facts.

but cheney's goal is to paint this whole thing as a political squabble, and by disagreeing, the obama official played right into cheney's plan.



instead, the administration should have simply issued a statement saying that the decision was made by the attorney general without input from the white house and they would not be drawn into a discussion about dick cheney's political views on the matter.

[pattmarty]

7. No, they should have issued a statement saying that "Dick Cheney..................

.......is not only a lying ass hole, but ALSO out of office now".

[unblock]

13. i have to admit, i would LOVE seeing that....

[pattmarty]

14. I'll have to admit I was being just slightly facetious there, but some............

..............of these Dem spokespeople should come out and call him a liar. The one thing about the whole Bush administration is they were all "tough". It's about time our side "got tough" too.

[unblock]

16. indeed, not enough spines to go around.

and republicans are too good at shoving our too few spineful leaders off to the side.

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread, sabra.:thumbsup:

[Hubert Flottz]

9. K&R

A :kick: for ShotGun Dick

[bobthedrummer]

10. Justice is coming you war criminal, and to your daughter Elizabeth too despite your perception

managers and think tanks (now proven to be full of extremist RW criminal thinkers)...for instance

"WPost Helps CIA Defend Torture" by Ray McGovern (8-30-09 Consortium News)
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/083009a.html

[Rex]

12. Cheney is always wrong, never been right on one dam thing!

He is like a floating idiot, just there to make wrong decisions and hurt the country in everything he does.

Why can't we flush this turd? Why does he alway float back to the top. Of NM, I forgot he has a toilet bowl to swim around in (Foxnews).

[fascisthunter]

15. THIS is what happens when you sweep crimes under a rug

you trip in your own living room.

STOP fucking around and put the fascist psychopath in prison!

[Kablooie]

17. That's not news. If he was RIGHT, THAT would be news. Ignoring facts has been his modus operandi.