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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu May 10, 2018, 01:00 PM May 2018

Cheney calls for US to restart interrogation programs

Source: The Hill



BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 05/10/18 12:16 PM EDT

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday the CIA should restart the controversial enhanced interrogation program used during the George W. Bush administration.

“If it were my call, I would not discontinue those programs. I'd have them active and ready to go,” Cheney said during an interview with Fox Business. “And I'd go back and study them and learn."

Cheney, a former secretary of Defense, has long defended the interrogation program that was launched after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. While critics denounce the techniques that were used as torture, Cheney says the program was necessary to keep the nation safe.

“I think the techniques we used were not torture. A lot of people try to call it that, but it wasn’t deemed torture at the time,” he told Maria Bartiromo. “People want to go back and try to rewrite history, but if it were my call, I’d do it again.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/387109-cheney-calls-for-the-us-to-restart-enhanced-interrogation-programs

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Cheney calls for US to restart interrogation programs (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
It's alive🧟‍♂️ we can do it May 2018 #1
Unfortunately laserhaas May 2018 #35
Okay... Zoonart May 2018 #51
The Vampire Emerges From the Bat Cave! DoctorJoJo May 2018 #53
Yeah wryter2000 May 2018 #2
Go fuck yourself, Dick.. pangaia May 2018 #3
Good grief! What an evil man vlyons May 2018 #4
He heard the word "torture" pop up in the media and it got his appropriated heart racing. LudwigPastorius May 2018 #43
Torture gilligan May 2018 #45
Why is this guy still alive and David Bowie is dead? Botany May 2018 #5
Aftermarket parts Major Nikon May 2018 #17
Because we paid for his heart... Wounded Bear May 2018 #48
The people of the middle east have been paying for his heart ever since his unneeded war too. Botany May 2018 #57
He's one of the most vile creatures in human skin. He's not even human. shraby May 2018 #6
Jesus tells Chickenhawk Dickie and his republican cronies to STFU Achilleaze May 2018 #7
"....I'd go back and study them...." Paladin May 2018 #8
No one could have anticipated that. Solly Mack May 2018 #9
Let's start with Dick Cheney answering questions about Valerie Plame?? Brewster Jennings?? WMDs??? Freethinker65 May 2018 #10
Great post RayStar May 2018 #54
You are reading my mind. "You first, Dick" flibbitygiblets May 2018 #63
He's still able to speak? Wwcd May 2018 #11
The fact that Cheney is now only the second most repulsive John Fante May 2018 #12
SO DICKHEAD are you and your infamous daughter still fishing matching wits with trout turbinetree May 2018 #13
Yesterday I heard that we put people in a coffin sized box for days. CrispyQ May 2018 #14
so nice of him to volunteer! unblock May 2018 #15
Another @GOP swamp creature rearing its ugly head! riversedge May 2018 #16
Those who support torture done by America are also supporting the same torture done to our troops keithbvadu2 May 2018 #18
Sure, but let's start with him. There's a lot of shit he needs to 'fess up to. nt Guy Whitey Corngood May 2018 #19
I would agree IF they start with Trump, his family and his minions. nt avebury May 2018 #20
Something in that man snapped sharp_stick May 2018 #21
Condi yesterday, Dick today hibbing May 2018 #22
America calls for Cheney to go ahead and die already pecosbob May 2018 #23
As if the news isn't bad enough, Darth has to BootinUp May 2018 #24
He beat The Onion to it n/t lordsummerisle May 2018 #25
Go away and keep quiet zipplewrath May 2018 #26
He should give back his donated heart. He's obviously not using it. SunSeeker May 2018 #27
All snark aside I honestly thought Dick wasnt this stupid. I thought he knew Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #28
OK, let's start with the (b)ush administration and then move along to the PGIC and his minions. Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #29
And The Nightmare Rises From The Grave Me. May 2018 #30
That old chicken hawk is still alive? Grammy23 May 2018 #31
Can't believe that old SOB is still above ground. Dave Starsky May 2018 #44
"Only the good die young." Wednesdays May 2018 #50
his heart pump is still working overtime? niyad May 2018 #32
Why doesn't this evil fucker just hurry up and die? nt COLGATE4 May 2018 #33
This is a result of the difference in parties to hold the other responsible LiberalLovinLug May 2018 #34
Wow! I had no idea BHDem53 May 2018 #36
Was it Darth who liked to watch? deminks May 2018 #37
I was just flashing back to Jon Stewart BigmanPigman May 2018 #38
cheney should go back to his coffin. barbtries May 2018 #39
So there really IS a Zombie Apocolypse NastyRiffraff May 2018 #40
Okay - let's start with him. How much in war profiteering did he make? Vinca May 2018 #41
I thought that thing was dead. LudwigPastorius May 2018 #42
He can be the first one. George II May 2018 #46
Ask him if the GOP will answer more questions that way bucolic_frolic May 2018 #47
Let's start with matt819 May 2018 #49
Bottle of Champagne with Cheney's name on it aeromanKC May 2018 #52
I'll be doing a happy dance when you open it. irisblue May 2018 #72
If we can retake the majority and the Whitehouse then its time to prosecute Cheney cstanleytech May 2018 #55
Torture is so effective that it takes 83 sessions to extract the last tidbit of intel Xipe Totec May 2018 #56
Cheney just needs to do the world a favor and drop dead. Texin May 2018 #58
I vote no to that. cstanleytech May 2018 #65
He should be in the dock in the Hague... malchickiwick May 2018 #59
Perhaps the enhanced interrogation could be started again during the Muller session with 'rump. Yonnie3 May 2018 #60
So, zombies are real...who knew...(nt) NeoGreen May 2018 #61
how did Darth Cheney get back in circulation? 0rganism May 2018 #62
Isn't it about time for his dirt nap? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2018 #64
He's so right! Let's begin by draining the swamp! truthisfreedom May 2018 #66
to ease his conscience olddad56 May 2018 #67
This is what happens when war criminals workinclasszero May 2018 #68
I think Cheney might actually be the devil. nt leftyladyfrommo May 2018 #69
waterboarding enemy combatants is against the geneva convention Fresh_Start May 2018 #70
repuke porn Marthe48 May 2018 #71

LudwigPastorius

(9,164 posts)
43. He heard the word "torture" pop up in the media and it got his appropriated heart racing.
Thu May 10, 2018, 03:19 PM
May 2018

The thought of inflicting pain on someone is like demonic viagra to him.

Botany

(70,552 posts)
5. Why is this guy still alive and David Bowie is dead?
Thu May 10, 2018, 01:03 PM
May 2018

“I think the techniques we used were not torture. A lot of people try to call it that, but it wasn’t deemed torture at the time,” he told Maria Bartiromo. “People want to go back and try to rewrite history, but if it were my call, I’d do it again.”

ATTN Dick,

We hung Japanese @ the end of WW II for doing some of the stuff we did in your
war for oil.

Botany

(70,552 posts)
57. The people of the middle east have been paying for his heart ever since his unneeded war too.
Thu May 10, 2018, 03:59 PM
May 2018

The people of Iraq, Syria, and all those effected by the massive human wave of
people fleeing ISIS and the Assad/Putin/Syrian/Russia war.

BTW a neighbor's son paid for his heart too ..... 3 tours of Iraq and he got the
same brain cancer as the one that took out Beau Biden.

Paladin

(28,269 posts)
8. "....I'd go back and study them...."
Thu May 10, 2018, 01:05 PM
May 2018

We know you would, Dick. Over and over and over again. Better lay in an additional supply of underwear for yourself. A 1" boner is still a boner, correct?

Freethinker65

(10,033 posts)
10. Let's start with Dick Cheney answering questions about Valerie Plame?? Brewster Jennings?? WMDs???
Thu May 10, 2018, 01:07 PM
May 2018

Halliburton contracts???

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
63. You are reading my mind. "You first, Dick"
Thu May 10, 2018, 07:37 PM
May 2018

What a freaking ghoul. Haven't heard a peep out of him in years, suddenly torture is in the news, and like Nosferatu, he pops out of the shadows...

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
11. He's still able to speak?
Thu May 10, 2018, 01:08 PM
May 2018

He's 77 yrs old.

This is like watching the last breath of old white patriarchy before it croaks.

Seriously, has Rumsfeld weighed in yet?

This is just getting weird, how many of the old band is clinging to their glory days.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
12. The fact that Cheney is now only the second most repulsive
Thu May 10, 2018, 01:09 PM
May 2018

piece of shit the GOP has ever produced speaks volumes.

turbinetree

(24,710 posts)
13. SO DICKHEAD are you and your infamous daughter still fishing matching wits with trout
Thu May 10, 2018, 01:10 PM
May 2018

do you remember that asshole and then there was this letter, but you didn't read the letter did you asshole, and neither did your daughter, but you went fishing, with LYING BLOOD on your hands..............TRAITOR:





https://www.truthdig.com/dig/the-last-letter/


keithbvadu2

(36,869 posts)
18. Those who support torture done by America are also supporting the same torture done to our troops
Thu May 10, 2018, 01:16 PM
May 2018

Those who support torture done by America are also supporting the same torture done to our own troops.

Even if you call it by another name.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
21. Something in that man snapped
Thu May 10, 2018, 01:20 PM
May 2018

after 9/11. He was always a RW asshole but he went full on fucking crazy and hasn't been able to reel it back in since.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,113 posts)
28. All snark aside I honestly thought Dick wasnt this stupid. I thought he knew
Thu May 10, 2018, 01:30 PM
May 2018

it was proven beyond ANY question that these techniques dont work.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,109 posts)
29. OK, let's start with the (b)ush administration and then move along to the PGIC and his minions.
Thu May 10, 2018, 01:50 PM
May 2018

He who throws the first stone and all, right?

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
31. That old chicken hawk is still alive?
Thu May 10, 2018, 02:04 PM
May 2018

I thought he croaked already. He’s been quiet for a while. He must have decided he’s relevant again. Will somebody get the hook already and yank him off of the stage?? He has done enough damage in his lifetime.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
44. Can't believe that old SOB is still above ground.
Thu May 10, 2018, 03:24 PM
May 2018

We lose people like David Bowie and Heath Ledger long before their time, but old evil bastards just go on and on and on.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,175 posts)
34. This is a result of the difference in parties to hold the other responsible
Thu May 10, 2018, 02:15 PM
May 2018

Democratic administrations say things like "Impeachment is off the table" or "We have to look forward, not backwards" for crimes and grave misdemeanors, faster than the press even has the chance to ask them. This results in assholes like Dick Cheney retaining his talk show cred and a semblance of admiration and respect for "serving the American people".

Conversely Republican administrations use every moment they can to demonize our side, and if they don't have any actual crime to accuse us of, they invent crimes out of thin air, create conspiracy theories to support their wild claims. And gawd help you if you even come close to getting caught doing something unsavory, they will unleash holy hell until you resign or are charged.


I'm not asking for Democrats to flip 180 and behave like the disingenuous arrogant hypocrites that are the GOP, but for gawds sake, I wish they'd at least counter with a little more blister and even what would be described as "over the top". Because it puts Republicans on the defensive, the way Democrats are continually being forced to act (or think they must) even though they have no political power. Call them traitors 24/7. Make them sputter and foam at the mouth because they were called traitors.

BHDem53

(1,061 posts)
36. Wow! I had no idea
Thu May 10, 2018, 02:27 PM
May 2018

that bum ticker dick was still drawing breath. Go back to Wyoming and crawl under your rock.

BigmanPigman

(51,623 posts)
38. I was just flashing back to Jon Stewart
Thu May 10, 2018, 02:55 PM
May 2018

doing his impression of Cheney (he looked like the Penguin from Batman). Maybe Colbert will have him come out from under his desk again for a special report.

barbtries

(28,810 posts)
39. cheney should go back to his coffin.
Thu May 10, 2018, 03:12 PM
May 2018

motherfucker makes my skin crawl.

but he'll probably get his way. hell in a handbasket good-bye USA

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
40. So there really IS a Zombie Apocolypse
Thu May 10, 2018, 03:15 PM
May 2018

I mean, Cheney must be dead by now. He looks dead. He has no functioning brain. He's dead and roaming the earth as a zombie.

aeromanKC

(3,326 posts)
52. Bottle of Champagne with Cheney's name on it
Thu May 10, 2018, 03:39 PM
May 2018

I still have a bottle of Champagne with Cheney's name on it. Oh what a beautiful day when I get to pop that cork!!

cstanleytech

(26,310 posts)
55. If we can retake the majority and the Whitehouse then its time to prosecute Cheney
Thu May 10, 2018, 03:48 PM
May 2018

since he feels the need to keep sticking his oar in the water.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
56. Torture is so effective that it takes 83 sessions to extract the last tidbit of intel
Thu May 10, 2018, 03:55 PM
May 2018

from the quivering heap of jello that was once a human being.


cstanleytech

(26,310 posts)
65. I vote no to that.
Fri May 11, 2018, 12:26 AM
May 2018

I want him to go to prison and have to spend years behind bars like the criminal that he is.

malchickiwick

(1,474 posts)
59. He should be in the dock in the Hague...
Thu May 10, 2018, 04:03 PM
May 2018

...and a cold cell for the rest of his miserable days following his conviction as a war criminal.

Yonnie3

(17,462 posts)
60. Perhaps the enhanced interrogation could be started again during the Muller session with 'rump.
Thu May 10, 2018, 04:15 PM
May 2018

I don't think enhanced interrogation should be used on anyone, but if I am overruled then that's where it should start.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,135 posts)
64. Isn't it about time for his dirt nap?
Thu May 10, 2018, 08:22 PM
May 2018

Seriously. Why did he get a heart transplant and not some younger person?

truthisfreedom

(23,151 posts)
66. He's so right! Let's begin by draining the swamp!
Fri May 11, 2018, 12:44 AM
May 2018

Stress positions for all corrupt politicians! Enhanced interrogation and water boarding for anyone who overtly lies to the public more than 5 times per day on average! Let’s get the truth out there! Cheney’s right, the truth is hard to find, for about ten seconds.

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
70. waterboarding enemy combatants is against the geneva convention
Fri May 11, 2018, 10:05 AM
May 2018

but I don't think the geneva convention applies to traitors within your own country
So waterboard everyone in this administration.

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