Dick Cheney Speech

Ryan Grim

Former Interrogator Rebukes Cheney For Torture Speech (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


A former top interrogator is responding forcefully to the case Dick Cheney made on Thursday in favor of torture (what the former VP and his allies ref...

Land of the Safe and Home of the Cruel

David Bromwich | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics


David Bromwich

Obama's National Archives speech was one more by Barack Obama that deferred action. It suggested the comprehension of an enormous wrong which it decided only partly to remedy.

Former Senior Interrogator in Iraq Dissects Cheney's Lies and Distortions

Matthew Alexander | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics


Matthew Alexander

Our greatest success in this conflict was achieved without torture or abuse. My interrogation team found Abu Musab Al Zarqawi using relationship-building approaches and non-coercive law enforcement techniques.

"Daily Show" Duel: Dick Cheney Vs. Barack Obama (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 06.22.2009 | Comedy


Jon Stewart looked at Dick Cheney and Barack Obama's back-to-back national security speeches last night and the media's boner over the easily juxtapos...

McClatchy Newspapers: Cheney's Speech Contained Omissions, Misstatements

McClatchy Newspapers | Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel, McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 06.22.2009 | Home


Former Vice President Dick Cheney's defense Thursday of the Bush administration's policies for interrogating suspected terrorists contained omissions,...