Cheney Says Cooperation with CIA Probe “Will Depend”

August 31st, 2009

Via: Reuters:

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he might refuse to speak with a prosecutor investigating suspected CIA prisoner abuses, a probe he branded as political and bad for national security.

Cheney has been one of the fiercest critics of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision last week to name a new special prosecutor to look deeper into harsh interrogations of captured terrorism suspects during the Bush administration.

Asked whether he would talk to prosecutor John Durham if eventually sought out, Cheney told “Fox News Sunday”: “It will depend on the circumstances and what I think their activities are really involved in. I’ve been very outspoken in my views on this matter.”

The cases under investigation include a mock execution, use of a power drill to scare a prisoner and the waterboarding of accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 183 times.

“I’m very proud of what we did in terms of defending the nation for the past eight years, successfully,” Cheney said in a recorded interview. “And it won’t take a prosecutor to find out what I think. I’ve already expressed those views.”

2 Responses to “Cheney Says Cooperation with CIA Probe “Will Depend””

  1. JWSmythe says:

    That’s a great way to play it. “It will depend”… on if they ask if he had anything to do with it. ha!

    Of course, you can trust anything he says when he answers. I would. (note the dripping sarcasm)

  2. Eileen says:

    I commented too soon to later posts.
    The rope has been very long in Cheney’s “situation.” I CAN’T BELIEVE IT BUT i THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE HIM HANG HIMSELF.

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