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To: Brumar89 who wrote (507833)	8/25/2009 3:06:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) of 1574648

You have to hand it to your boy Cheney...he ain't shy about defending his butt. Dick Cheney: new doubts about President Obama Former Vice President Dick Cheney said in a statement Tuesday that the Obama administration's decision to name a prosecutor to look into Bush-era interrogations of suspected terrorists should foster "doubts about this administration’s ability to be responsible for our nation’s security.” "The people involved deserve our gratitude," Cheney said. "They do not deserve to be the targets of political investigations or prosecutions." Cheney maintains that records released this week show that waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques "provided the bulk of intelligence we gained about Al Qaeda" after the Sept. 11 attacks. A Democratic official disputed that assertion, saying a 2004 report by the CIA's inspector general, released Monday, did not conclude that "enhanced interrogation techniques" themselves were effective. On Page 100, the report says that the “effectiveness of particular interrogation techniques in eliciting information that might not otherwise have been obtained cannot be so easily measured.” On Page 85, it says that “[m]easuring the effectiveness of EITs ... is a ... subjective process and not without some concern.” Cheney said in the statement: “The documents released Monday clearly demonstrate that the individuals subjected to Enhanced Interrogation Techniques provided the bulk of intelligence we gained about Al Qaeda. This intelligence saved lives and prevented terrorist attacks. These detainees also, according to the documents, played a role in nearly every capture of Al Qaeda members and associates since 2002. "The activities of the CIA in carrying out the policies of the Bush administration were directly responsible for defeating all efforts by Al Qaeda to launch further mass casualty attacks against the United States. ... President Obama’s decision to allow the Justice Department to investigate and possibly prosecute CIA personnel, and his decision to remove authority for interrogation from the CIA to the White House, serves as a reminder, if any were needed, of why so many Americans have doubts about this administration’s ability to be responsible for our nation’s security.” politico.com

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