Cheney's Big Speech, Next Thursday at the American Enterprise Institute.

[laststeamtrain]

Cheney's Big Speech
05.16.09 -- 8:32PM
By Josh Marshall

Next Thursday, former Vice President Cheney will give a speech at the American Enterprise Institute making a global case for the Bush administration's use of torture and indefinite detainment of suspected terrorists as core parts of its War on Terror.

Here's AEI's description of the event ...

"In April 2009, almost eight years after the deadliest terrorist attack in American history, the Obama administration released four memos from the Bush administration's Office of Legal Counsel. These memos, which justified the use of harsh interrogation techniques against high-level al Qaeda detainees such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, have reignited a fierce debate about the United States' counterterrorism strategy.

"Amid claims that the interrogation methods amount to torture and that those who approved them should be prosecuted or censured, it is clear that we know surprisingly little about the scope and efficacy of the Bush administration's national security policy. Many questions linger: What type of information did enhanced interrogation methods yield? Were lives saved as a result? Could that intelligence have been effectively collected by other means? How effective was the terrorist surveillance program in detecting the threat of al Qaeda and its operatives in the post-9/11 period? Will inhibiting these procedures cost more American lives?

"On May 21, former vice president Dick Cheney will speak at AEI to address these critical issues and provide a blueprint for keeping America safe in the future." ... http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/05/cheneys_big_speech.php

[bluestateguy]

1. I hope President Obama's NSA is tapping the phones of the AEI

They are not to be trusted.

[Solly Mack]

2. Circle-jerk in an echo chamber. A whole lot of moaning going on

Cheney is a trustee of AEI... AEI is a Cheney family affair...his wife is a fellow there

[Ikonoklast]

3. Wholly owned front group of Big Oil.

May they all get what they need.

[malaise]

4. Who the fugg cares about his blueprint about anything

He is out of office, lost power and must STFU, go away, get back to the bunker, drop dead - just fucking GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[ControlledDemolition]

5. AEI.... a think tank with sh*t for brains! n/t

[spanone]

6. i wonder just who cheney is talking to in these speeches.....what are his approval ratings?

is he performing solely for the media?

[ShenandoahAspen]

7. The 10% who still support him?

As far as I'm concerned, the more Cheney speaks the better it is for Democrats. He represents the far right of the GOP and most Americans are turned off by the likes of Cheney, Rush, etc. I hope Cheney continues to speak until they haul his ass away for war crimes.

[spanone]

8. yep, he's keeping his crimes in the headlines.....

thanks dick