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I Guess Torture Is Legal Now
 I Guess Torture Is Legal Now 
OPINION
Aug 31, 2011 2:48 PM CDT

I Guess Torture Is Legal Now

Dick Cheney makes a farce of our 'rule of law': Dahlia Lithwick

(Newser) - With his memoir, and accompanying media blitz, Dick Cheney is trying to provoke us into once again discussing the merits of torture, a topic “about as compelling as a debate about the efficacy of slavery or Jim Crow laws,” writes Dahlia Lithwick of Slate . Almost everyone agrees torture...

Powell Aide: Cheney Fears War Crime Trial

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson slams 'vindictive' memoir

(Newser) - It doesn't look as if the Colin Powell-Dick Cheney feud is going to end any time soon. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Powell's longtime chief of staff, says that Cheney—whose new memoir is sharply critical of Powell—"fears being tried as a war criminal" and "was president...

Colin Powell: Cheney Took 'Cheap Shots'

Powell says former VP goes 'too far' in pitching his memoir

(Newser) - Colin Powell fired back at Dick Cheney and his revealing memoir yesterday, calling the former veep's revelations "cheap shots that he's taking at me and other members of the administration who served to the best of our ability for President Bush," reports Politico . In particular, Powell...

Cheney Profiting From His Crimes

 Cheney Profiting 
 From His Crimes 
Glenn Greenwald
Aug 25, 2011 1:51 PM CDT

Cheney Profiting From His Crimes

Obama administration should have prosecuted him, Glenn Greenwald suggests

(Newser) - Lots of countries have laws preventing criminals from profiting from their crimes. “By rather stark contrast, Dick Cheney will prance around the next several weeks in the nation's largest media venues,” touting his new book and debating “whether he was right to invade other countries, torture,...

Dick Cheney Reveals He Wanted to Bomb Syria in New Memoir, 'In My Time'


 Cheney: I 
 Wanted to 
 Bomb Syria 
More Memoir
Aug 25, 2011 11:52 AM CDT

Cheney: I Wanted to Bomb Syria

Former VP discusses his conflicts with Condoleezza, Powell, Tenet

(Newser) - And the revelations from Dick Cheney's new memoir just keep coming: yesterday, news of a secret resignation letter. Today, the New York Times , which obtained a copy of In My Time , reports that Cheney pushed Bush to bomb what the US believed to be a nuclear reactor site in...

Dick Cheney&#39;s Secret: I Wrote a Resignation Letter
Dick Cheney's Secret:
I Wrote a Resignation Letter
new memoir
Aug 24, 2011 5:17 PM CDT

Dick Cheney's Secret: I Wrote a Resignation Letter

...and other revelations from his new memoir, 'In My Time'

(Newser) - Warning: Reading Dick Cheney's memoir could be fatal. Or so says Cheney: "There are gonna be heads exploding all over Washington," he says in an interview to air on Dateline Monday. MSNBC has tidbits from In My Time, and the one generating plenty of waves is his...

Prosecute Bush, Cronies: Human Rights Watch

Group wants torture allegations investigated

(Newser) - Human Rights Watch wants George W. Bush and his top officials prosecuted for war crimes and criminal conspiracy, the Guardian reports. In a new report, the US group calls for foreign governments to move forward with the prosecution if the Obama administration does not investigate. In addition to allegations of...

Dick Cheney: Heart Attack Helped Me Politically

Former VP grants rare interview to Journal about health problems

(Newser) - Heart disease has been the curse of Dick Cheney's life since he had the first of five heart attacks more than 30 years ago, but he sees a silver lining. That first heart attack came during his 1978 run for Congress in a tight race. "As I looked...

Dick Cheney Memoir 'In My Time' Out Aug. 30 ... but Rachel Maddow Is No Fan of the Cover
Dick Cheney Memoir Out in August 
May 20, 2011 10:17 AM CDT

Dick Cheney Memoir Out in August

But Rachel Maddow has a bone to pick with him over the cover

(Newser) - Dick Cheney's memoir will be released Aug. 30, the AP reports, and his daughter says it's full of "very strong views." In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir will "certainly" include discussion of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, adds Liz Cheney, who collaborated on...

Bin Laden to al-Qaeda: No Point in Killing Joe Biden

Veep doesn't wield enough power to be worth assassinating

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden wanted to assassinate President Obama—but Joe Biden? No point in bothering with him, the al-Qaeda leader told his followers. Amongst bin Laden’s records, “there is a note indicating that the vice president is not an important target because that position has less weight,”...

Cheney Praises Obama on bin Laden Mission
 Cheney Praises 
 Obama on 
 bin Laden 
 Mission 
sunday talk shows
May 8, 2011 11:10 AM CDT

Cheney Praises Obama on bin Laden Mission

But he's worried we've stopped waterboarding suspects

(Newser) - President Obama got rare praise from Dick Cheney today, as the former VP lauded the Osama decision on Fox News Sunday, reports Politico . "You’ve got to give him a lot of credit," said Cheney. "I give him high marks for making that decision." But Cheney...

Osama Intel Boosts Waterboarding Fans

'Enhanced' interrogation may have led to terror mastermind

(Newser) - Did waterboarding finally nail Osama bin Laden? Intelligence leading to the killing of the terror mastermind gleaned from prisoners, possibly during "enhanced" interrogation techniques, is reigniting debate about waterboarding. US officials learned the identity of bin Laden's key courrier from Guantanamo Bay inmates, and tracking that courrier led...

Coming Soon to HBO: Dick Cheney Miniseries

Series will explore ex-VP's 'pursuit of enhanced power'

(Newser) - Because The Kennedys just wasn't salacious enough, HBO is now planning a miniseries about none other than Dick Cheney: an adaptation of the biography Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency by journalist Barton Gellman. The network optioned the book, which documents Cheney's career starting from his early days as chief of...

Ralph Nader: Impeach 'War Criminal' Obama

If Bush, Cheney were criminals, Obama is too

(Newser) - Ralph Nader, often a candidate for president and never a fan of the president or anyone who wants to be president , has quickly condemned President Obama's action in Libya , branding him a "war criminal," Mediaite reports. Sound familiar? Nader had the same pet name for George W Bush...

Cheney, Rumsfeld Booed at CPAC

Ron Paul supporters clash with Bush supporters

(Newser) - The divisions in the Republican Party came into sharp relief last night when Donald Rumsfeld received the “Defenders of the Constitution” award—only to be booed lustily by Ron Paul supporters, many of whom stood up and left the room in protest, CBS News reports. The clamor grew even...

Dick Cheney Considering Heart Transplant
Dick Cheney Weighs
Heart Transplant
Jan 18, 2011 1:20 AM CST

Dick Cheney Weighs Heart Transplant

But he still has enough energy to zing President Obama

(Newser) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney needs a new heart and may soon join a transplant list, he revealed in his first interview since major surgery. He's suffering from "end-stage" heart disease and will make a decision soon whether or not to go ahead with a transplant. In the meantime,...

Now Pulseless, Dick Cheney Rejoins the Living
Now Pulseless, Dick Cheney Rejoins the Living
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jan 8, 2011 7:30 PM CST

Now Pulseless, Dick Cheney Rejoins the Living

Heart pump allows him to give speeches, even hunt

(Newser) - Dick Cheney no longer has a pulse. But he is still alive, thanks to the mechanical heart pump he received in July. The pump, reports the New York Times , both saved his life and allowed him to start living it again. Case in point: Last month, after being out of...

Nigeria Charges Cheney in Bribery Case

Ex-VP's lawyers reject 'baseless' charges

(Newser) - Nigeria has indicted former vice president Dick Cheney and several other executives in a bribery case dating back to Cheney's time in charge of Halliburton. Prosecutors from Nigeria's anti-corruption unit allege that Halliburton and other firms paid $180 million in bribes to win a $6 billion contract for a natural...

Nigeria to Charge Dick Cheney With Bribery

Also duly noted: It's election season there

(Newser) - Nigeria plans to charge Dick Cheney in a bribery scandal going back to his days as CEO of Halliburton, BusinessWeek reports. Cheney headed the company from 1995 until he became vice president in 2000, and prosecutors say Halliburton and two other foreign companies funneled $180 million into the pockets of...

Cheney, Bush Reunite at Library Groundbreaking

Former VP says public perception of his old boss is improving

(Newser) - George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were best buds again today, giving each other high praise as they shared a stage for the first time since their final tense days in office, reports ABC News . The groundbreaking at Bush's presidential library at SMU also marked a rare appearance by Cheney...

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