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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Cheney: I'm 
 Speaking Out 
 to Keep US Safe 

Petraeus says US routing al-Qaeda; Gingrich likens torture talk to McCarthyism

May 10, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney says he’s been outspoken because the Obama administration has “moved to take down a lot of those policies we put in place to keep the nation safe for 8 years.” On CBS’ Face the Nation, Cheney denied the Bush administration was in the “torture... More »

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Afghanistan • Dick Cheney • Taliban • Newt Gingrich • Pakistan • David Petraeus • nuclear weapons • Jim Jones • Asif Ali Zardari

(Newser) - Dick Cheney covered the usual ground during a radio interview today—telling Republicans to resist the urge to become moderate and defending the Bush administration—and also said it's time for longtime party vets like himself to step aside, Politico reports. "It helps clear away some of the underbrush,... More »

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Dick Cheney • GOP • vice president • Republicans

analysis

Torture Convictions
Would Be a Long Shot

Prosecution possible, but nailing Cheney a legal headache

May 4, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Those calling for Bush administration prosecutions on torture-related grounds may have their way—but whether those in question can actually be convicted is a whole other kettle of fish, Jeffrey Rosen writes in New York. Much of the case would likely hinge on whether authorities believed their own claims in... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • torture • Condoleezza Rice • conviction • lawyer • waterboarding • John Yoo • Steven Bradbury • Eric Holder • Obama administration • prosecutions • Jay Bybee

OPINION

 Cheney Should 
 Have Run in 2008 

VP would have lost big and awakened right, says Douthat

Apr 28, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - As he bashes the Obama administration and insists that torture kept the country safe, Dick Cheney sounds less like a retired VP than a man campaigning for a third Bush term. For Ross Douthat, it's a pity he didn't run himself. In his first column for the New York Times,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Dick Cheney • torture • Election 2008 • conservatism • conservative movement

(Newser) - Republican calls for the selective release of memos on torture techniques is a naked political ploy, Greg Sargent writes on the Plum Line. “The emerging official position of the GOP on torture is that the only classified information about torture that should be released is that which can bolster... More »

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War on Terror • Dick Cheney • Department of Justice • American media • interrogation techniques • Obama administration • torture memo

ANALYSIS

 'Cone of Silence' 
 No Longer 
 Muzzles Cheney 

He just left—but the former VP is back as opposition voice

Apr 24, 09 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former vice presidents tend to keep a low profile right after leaving office—not so Dick Cheney, who has been making the rounds as a voice for Republican opposition. When Cheney “sees the current administration making decisions that he believes are making the nation less safe, he does not... More »

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Dick Cheney • conservative • John Bolton • Republican Party • vice president • Meghan McCain

(Newser) - Dick Cheney's daughter stuck up for her dad today, insisting in an MSNBC interview that the CIA's interrogation techniques did not constitute torture, reports ThinkProgress. Liz Cheney, a former State Department official in her own right, also echoed her father's sentiment that the interrogations yielded valuable information. Two detainees "... More »

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Dick Cheney • torture • interrogation techniques • harsh interrogation • daughter • Liz Cheney

(Newser) - President Obama says the harsh interrogation methods used by the CIA both compromised American values and provided unreliable information. “Those are a convenient pair of opinions,” notes Scott Shane of the New York Times. But it's not going to be that easy for the new administration to... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • CIA • torture • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Abu Zubaydah • harsh interrogation

(Newser) - No love lost between Hillary Clinton and Dick Cheney. Asked today on Capitol Hill about Cheney’s request to declassify information related to the interrogation memos, Clinton responded, “It won’t surprise you that I don’t consider him a particularly reliable source,” the Los Angeles Times reports.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Dick Cheney • CIA • secretary of State • interrogation techniques • Dana Rohrabacher • Obama administration • torture memo • President Obama • Bob Inglis

Obama Pandered to Lefties With Memo Release: Cheney

Ex-VP slams Obama terror policies

Apr 22, 09 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney said President Obama’s release of Bush administration torture memos was meant “essentially to appease a certain element of the Democratic Party or because of campaign commitments,” Politico reports. Speaking on Fox News, Cheney did a mocking impression of al-Qaeda’s reaction: “Gee whiz, isn't... More »

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War on Terror • Dick Cheney • torture • terrorism • politics • Democratic Party • al-Qaeda • Obama administration • torture memo • President Obama

opinion

Penn: Rush, Cheney 'Among Greatest Cowards' Ever


Apr 21, 09 10:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn is a little agitated about all the abuse President Obama is taking for shaking hands with Hugo Chavez. It's nothing but the "posturing of our nation's most bitter and humanly impotent voices," he writes in the Huffington Post. Obama should have been tougher goes the refrain... More »

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Dick Cheney • Venezuela • Sean Penn • Hugo Chávez • President Obama

(Newser) - Dick Cheney hasn’t actually asked the CIA to release more memos to support his claim that torture works, a source tells Plum Line blogger Greg Sargent. “The agency has received no request from the former vice president to release this information,” the intelligence insider says. A Cheney... More »

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Dick Cheney • CIA • torture memo • Greg Sargent

Cheney Seeks Release of More CIA Memos

Former VP says they show how techniques worked to save lives

Apr 21, 09 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no surprise that Dick Cheney thinks President Obama is wrong on torture. The surprise is that the infamously secretive former VP is suddenly in favor of public disclosure of classified memos that he thinks will prove his point. For his memoirs, Cheney has asked the CIA to declassify... More »

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Dick Cheney • CIA • torture • waterboarding • al-Qaeda • President Obama • Stephen Bradbury

Poll: 72% Disagree With Cheney About Obama Policy

72% disagree with former VP that Obama increased security threat

Apr 13, 09 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most Americans disagree with Dick Cheney’s scathing view of President Obama’s security policies: 72% of those polled by CNN say the Democrat’s softer global approach is not putting the nation at greater risk of attack. The survey also shows that 67% back the controversial Afghanistan troop surge,... More »

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national security • Dick Cheney • terrorism • foreign policy • Afghanistan war • President Obama

(Newser) - Joe Biden begs to differ with Dick Cheney's view that the US is less safe under President Obama. Cheney is not “out of line, but he is dead wrong,” Biden told CNN. In fact, the Bush administration left the nation in its weakest state since WWII, stretched thin... More »

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Joe Biden • Dick Cheney • terrorism • homeland security • George W. Bush • Obama administration • television interview • President Obama

(Newser) - The Bush administration ran a secret team authorized to assassinate foreign targets without being accountable to Congress, says New Yorker reporter Seymour Hersh. On CNN's Situation Room, he said the hit squad could go "into a country without telling the CIA station chief or the ambassador and whack someone.... More »

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War on Terror • Dick Cheney • US military • assassination • George W. Bush • Special Forces • Joint Special Operations Command • Seymour M. Hersh

OPINION

 2009's Least Sexy Men 


Mar 26, 09 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Boston Phoenix rolls out its 100 unsexiest men list, taking into account both looks and karma. Here’s a taste:
  • Rush Limbaugh: “America’s ugliest moment of 2009? Rush Limbaugh, his man-boobs a-jiggle, bouncing at the CPAC podium.”
  • Alex Rodriguez: “Could
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Dick Cheney • Robert Mugabe • Rush Limbaugh • Alex Rodriguez • Warren Jeffs • Joaquin Phoenix • Toby Young • Lil Wayne • Jimmy Fallon • unsexy • Howard Stern Grid

GOP to Cheney: Go Away, You're Embarrassing Us

Blasts at Obama draw attention to unpopular ex-veep

Mar 24, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - For many Republicans, Dick Cheney is like an embarrassing uncle at a family party. The former VP says unpopular, provocative things, and, reports the Hill, they just wish he would go away. By attacking President Obama in recent appearances, says one GOP lawmaker, Cheney did “House Republicans no favors.... More »

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Dick Cheney • Republican Party • House Republicans • Robert Gibbs • President Obama

 Prez: 'Cheney 
 Stirred US Hatred' 

Cheney's philosophy hasn't made America safer, he says

Mar 22, 09 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama yesterday returned a jab from Dick Cheney on terrorism by accusing the former vice president of putting the US at risk by revving up anti-American sentiment, reports Politico. Cheney charged last week that the president's plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility increased the risk of a... More »

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War on Terror • Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • Guantanamo Bay • 60 Minutes

White House Zings Cheney:
'I Guess Rush Was Busy'

Spokesman hits back at ex-VP on economy, security

Mar 17, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration has no intention of sitting still and taking it from a grumpy Dick Cheney, who sounded complaints with the administration on CNN on Sunday. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs whacked right back at the former VP yesterday, reports the Washington Post: “I guess Rush Limbaugh... More »

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Dick Cheney • economy • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs

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