Cheney contends Obama policies making US more vulnerable to potential terrorist attack

August 31st, 2009 White House: Cheney wrong on interrogations policyWASHINGTON — The White House says former Vice President Dick Cheney has his facts wrong on the Obama administration's policies for terror detainee interrogations. Spokesman Robert Gibbs says Cheney was wrong in saying that the White House would make decisions on interrogations based on politics.

August 25th, 2009 Cheney: CIA tactics saved lives, led to capturesWASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says the CIA's interrogations of terror suspects "saved lives and prevented terrorist attacks." In a statement Monday, Cheney said those who carried out the interrogations "deserve our gratitude" and do not deserve "to be the targets of political investigations or prosecutions." He said the questioning "played a role in nearly every capture of al-Qaida members and associates since 2002." President Barack Obama on Monday ordered changes that bar certain harsh interrogation tactics. Attorney General Eric Holder ordered a criminal probe of past interrogations.

June 17th, 2009 CIA defends Panetta remarks about CheneyWASHINGTON — The CIA said Tuesday that its director, Leon Panetta, does not believe former Vice President Dick Cheney wants the U.S. to be attacked again.

June 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Dick Cheney has responded to CIA Director Leon Panetta's suggestion in the New Yorker magazine that "it's almost as if (Cheney is) wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point." "I hope my old friend Leon was misquoted. The important thing is whether the Obama Administration will continue the policies that have kept us safe for the last eight years," Cheney said in a statement released to CBS News.

June 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former US Vice President Dick Cheney says that former President George W. Bush did not want to be the one who "pulled the plug" on General Motors, and instead, decided to pass on that responsibility to his successor Barack Obama.

June 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has defended the need for applying the interrogative technique of waterboarding on Al Qaeda terrorists, calling it a "well done" technique that gathered valuable information from unusually bad guys. "I'm a strong believer in it.

May 14th, 2009 CIA denies Cheney request to declassify memosWASHINGTON — The CIA says it has denied a request by former Vice President Dick Cheney to declassify secret internal government memos that detail whether valuable intelligence was gained from the use of harsh interrogation techniques under the Bush administration. CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said Thursday that the request was turned down because the documents are the subject of pending litigation, which makes them not subject to declassification.

May 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former US Vice President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday he would back former Florida Governor Jeb Bush if he decided to run for president. "I like Jeb.

May 10th, 2009 Cheney backs Limbaugh over Powell on GOP futureWASHINGTON — Dick Cheney made clear Sunday he'd rather follow firebrand broadcaster Rush Limbaugh than former Joint Chiefs chairman Colin Powell into political battle over the future of the Republican Party. Even as Cheney embraced efforts to expand the party by ex-Govs.

April 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has revealed that there are still things about working in the government that he misses. In an interview to Fox News, Cheney said that while he did not feel bad about retiring, "I spent 40 years in government and there are things about it I miss." "I also love some time with the family, our kids and grandkids all live within about 15 minutes of our home here in McLean.

April 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Bobby Jindal, Louisiana's Indian American governor, wants the Republicans to 'give the new administration a chance', asking the former Vice President Dick Cheney to tone down his criticism of President Barack Obama's national security policies. 'I think Democrat or Republican, we should all agree that our current president, our former president would obviously want to do everything they could to keep us safe,' the Republican governor said on ABC's Good Morning America Thursday.

April 17th, 2009 Baton Rouge (Louisiana, US), - Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal has suggested that former Vice President Dick Cheney should tone down his criticism of President Barack Obama. Cheney has repeatedly criticized Obama's national security policy, saying recently on CNN's "State of the Union" that Obama's decisions "raise the risk to the American people of another attack." Asked to respond to Cheney's remark during an interview ABC's "Good Morning America," Jindal said: "I don't think we should question President Obama's patriotism or his intentions." "I think Democrat or Republican, we should all agree that our current president, our former president would obviously want to do everything they could to keep us safe," he said.

March 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former US Vice President Dick Cheney is not the best person to seek advice from on the way the Obama administration is functioning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on Monday. Commenting on Cheney's assessment of the policies of the two-month-old administration, including a charge that Obama was making the nation more vulnerable to a terrorist attack, the Washington Times quoted Gibbs as saying: "I guess Rush Limbaugh was busy, so they trotted out their next most popular member of the Republican cabal." "Not taking economic advice from Dick Cheney would be the best possible outcome of yesterday's interview," he added.

March 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Dick Cheney has said that the Obama Administration will "raise the risk" of a terrorist attack by overhauling his predecessor's approach to the War on Terror. Cheney criticized President Barck Obama's decisions to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, limit the methods CIA officers use to interrogate terror suspects and suspend military tribunals for alleged terrorists, saying those decisions taken together will make Americans less safe.

March 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Policy changes pursued by President Barack Obama have increased the risk of terrorist attacks for the country, former US vice-president Dick Cheney said in an interview with CNN Sunday. When asked if Obama's new policies had increased the risks to the US, Cheney answered 'yes'.