Cheney FBI interview: 72 times of can't recall

Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that "there is a cloud over the vice president." Last week's release of an FBI interview summary of Dick Cheney's answers in the criminal investigation underscores why Fitzgerald felt that way.

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Cheney to campaign for Hutchison in Texas

Former Vice President Dick Cheney will throw his support behind U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's campaign for Texas governor.

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Cheney: Stop the 'dithering' as troops face danger

Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday night accused the White House of dithering over the strategy for the war in Afghanistan and urged President Barack Obama to "do what it takes to win."

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Judge orders release of Cheney interview with FBI

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the FBI must publicly reveal much of its notes from an interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.

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Cheney undergoes elective back surgery

Former Vice President Dick Cheney underwent elective back surgery Thursday, a procedure his office said "went well."

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Cheney gets praise and protest at Wyoming event

Praise and protest greeted former Vice President Dick Cheney as he visited his alma mater Thursday for the dedication of a new international center bearing his name.

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White House: Cheney wrong on interrogations policy

The White House says former Vice President Dick Cheney has his facts wrong on the Obama administration's policies for terror detainee interrogations.

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Cheney says he and Bush disagreed at times

Did they disagree on national security policy decisions? Certainly. But was Dick Cheney frustrated or even disappointed when overruled by his boss, President George W. Bush? Not at all, the former vice president says.

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Cheney says politics behind CIA probe at Justice

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says politics are driving the Justice Department's decision to investigate whether CIA interrogators abused terror suspects detained after the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Cheney: CIA tactics saved lives, led to captures

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says the CIA's interrogations of terror suspects "saved lives and prevented terrorist attacks."

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Report: Cheney felt Bush stopped taking his advice

Former Vice President Dick Cheney believes his old boss, President George W. Bush, gradually turned away from his advice during their second term in the White House, showing a surprising independence as he started taking more flexible positions on a range of issues, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

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AP sources: Cheney told CIA not to discuss program

Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June, officials with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.

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Cheney discussed media inquiries into Plame leak

Vice President Dick Cheney talked with top White House officials about how to respond to reporters' inquiries into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative, according to a court filing.

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AP Exclusive: Dick Cheney working on memoir

Former Vice President Dick Cheney has signed a book deal with a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster and said he hopes readers of all ideologies will be interested in his story. The memoir by Cheney, widely considered the most powerful vice president in history, is expected to be published in Spring 2011, a few months after President George W. Bush's book comes out.

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Judge to review Cheney interview in CIA leak case

A federal judge said Thursday that he wants to look at notes from the FBI's interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.

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CIA defends Panetta remarks about Cheney

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.

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CIA head says Cheney almost wishing US be attacked

CIA Director Leon Panetta says former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism of the Obama administration's approach to terrorism almost suggests "he's wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point."

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Cheney's secret briefings defended interrogations

Dick Cheney as vice president conducted secret briefings for lawmakers in 2005 aimed at defending harsh interrogations as their methods were coming under congressional scrutiny, according to current and former government officials.

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Cheney on gay marriage: 'Freedom for everyone'

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday he supports gays being able to marry but believes states, not the federal government, should make the decision.

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Don't call ex-Vice President Cheney a has-been

Dick Cheney refuses to be a has-been.

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Analysis: Obama debating Cheney is a plus for GOP

In political debate, the side that keeps its arguments simple and repeats them again and again is likely to gain the advantage. It is an easier sale, especially when the topic is as scary as terrorism.

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Whu spokesman: Obama doesn't mind rival speakers

The top White House spokesman says President Barack Obama doesn't have any particular problem with former Vice President Dick Cheney speaking out on counterterrorism policy or any other issues.

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Text of Cheney's speech on national security

Text of former Vice President Dick Cheney's speech Thursday on national security at the American Enterprise Institute think tank in Washington, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions:

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SPIN METER: Obama vs. Cheney

Two tough speeches conveying two radically different views of America's fight against terrorism and the nation's values unfolded in separate halls, minutes apart.

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Cheney defends Bush's national security policies

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks changed how he viewed his job, but didn't change him. Alluding to Washington whispers that he had turned from pragmatist to ideologue, Cheney insisted he is the same person, but acknowledged the harrowing day's events had a lasting impact.

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What we're looking at right now is two things going on. We see the evangelical groups that I talk about in my new book, "Patience with God," enthralled by an apocalyptic vision that I go into in some detail there.

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Two stories over the weekend have many wondering whether Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin are planning a run for the Presidency in 2012. Some are even suggesting the two would make a perfect pair to challenge Obama-Biden in the next general election.

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A senior Counsel for the 9/11 Commission, John Farmer, has written a book exposing the degree to which our response to 9/11 was disorganized and and outdated–geared to respond to an attack from Russia rather than from terrorists.

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The Four Hotties of the (Democratic) Apocalypse

The common myth is that democratic women are hotter than republicans. Like most myths, this one is not very accurate. Leaving out the hollywood faction, the current crop of female pols and talking heads swings lustily toward the right. laura bush vs.

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If Al Gore (or even Ralph Nader) had been President in 2001, the Ft. Hood massacre almost certainly wouldn't have happened. Because George W. Bush was president, it did.

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But Cheney tried to get around that complaint by adding a novel legal defense of his use of classified information.

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I don't have much to say about the Air America article except the former VP definitely has an integrity issue which should be seen as lacking. The article is quite informative and all Americans should pay more closely to who the top of the ticket in an election chose for VP.

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Cheney unable to answer FBI questions related to the Valerie Plame Affair. Claimed he did not recall.

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"Rush got "Open Line Friday" rolling by announcing that the Republicans in Congress will offer an alternative health care reform bill next week. But Rush said that would be accepting the premise.

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Lawrence O'Donnell tears into Liz Cheney for her remarks criticizing President Obama for his visit to Dover AFB. Liz Cheney lies again. Chip off the old block.

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"I like Dick Cheney personally but I really don't care what Dick Cheney thinks and I'm not sure a lot of Americans do," Biden said in an exclusive interview with CNN.

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"Mommy, why is Daddy so angry… and insane?" (The Internal Breakdown of the Republican Party in 2009)

There are many archetypes for the father figure. The most disturbing one is probably the domineering task master whose "love" comes at a cost that can never be paid.

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Mr. President, please take my advice: never listen to the nutty advice of former Vice President Dick Cheney.

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Late last week former Vice-President Cheney lashed out at the Obama Administration and accused them of dithering on the Afghan War: [video] On today’s This Week, George Will came up with the only appropriate response: [video] WILL: Well, also, a bit of dithering might …

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This codger's got the left pegged and he's loving every minute of it, says Lionel. Old Man Potter is living large knowing that he's driving everyone crazy with colonic spasms every time he opens that crooked maw.

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had a blunt response Friday to the latest broadsides from former Vice President Dick Cheney: "Who cares?"

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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs lashed out at former vice president Richard B. Cheney on Thursday, dismissing the Republican's criticism of delays in President Obama's decision-making on Afghanistan strategy.

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MSNBC anchors David Shuster and Tamron Hall on Thursday lashed out at a speech Dick Cheney gave that was critical of Barack Obama, speculating on whether the Vice President is of a "rational, healthy mind." Attempting to attack the Bush administration's handling of Afghanistan  …

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The White House on Thursday forcefully rejected criticism from former Vice President Dick Cheney and other Republicans that President Barack Obama's Afghanistan decision is taking too long.

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"In the speech, Mr. Cheney charged that President Obama has 'filled the air with vague and useless platitude' when talking about torture and by calling enhanced interrogation techniques 'torture" he has committed 'libel' against CIA interrogators whom Mr.

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Retired General Eaton blasts Dick Cheney as an "incompetent war fighter, following Cheney's charge that Obama Administration is "dithering." Maybe we should send Cheney over Afghanistan to personally take on the Taliban, and let him stay until he finishes the job this time.

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With public support for the Afghan conflict melting and approval of the president's job as commander in chief waning, two top Barack Obama aides -- senior advisor David Axelrod and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel -- went on the TV talk shows Sunday and used very similar words to expl …

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney has accused the White House of dithering over the strategy for the war in Afghanistan and urged President Barack Obama to "do what it takes to win."

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Dick Cheney is running. Consider this: instead of returning to Wyoming to spend time with his family as he repeatedly said he would, Cheney has remained in the DC area.

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So, it takes the director of "Brazil" to bring this two year old interview out of obscurity. If you have not seen this film, I highly recommend it. It's frightened and enlightened me since I saw it back in 1986.

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