Cheney May Be Willing To Testify Under Oath About Torture Program

Source: Think Progress

Cheney May Be Willing To Testify Under Oath About Torture Program »

Today on CBS’s Face the Nation, Vice President Cheney vigorously defended the Bush administration’s torture policies and his belief that by rejecting them, President Obama is raising “the risk to the American people of another attack.” Cheney said that the Bush administration’s interrogation policies will one day be viewed as “one of the great success stories of American intelligence.”

When host Bob Schieffer asked Cheney whether he would be willing to testify to Congress under oath, Cheney initially hedged, but then indicated that he would be willing to do so:

SCHIEFFER: Would you go back and talk to the Congress?

CHENEY: Certainly. I’ve made it very clear that I feel very strongly that what we did here was exactly the right thing to do. And if I don’t speak out, then where do we find ourselves, Bob? Then the critics have free run, and there isn’t anybody there on the other side to tell the truth. So it’s important — it’s important that we…

SCHIEFFER: Senator Leahy, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, was on this broadcast recently. And I said, do you intend to ask the former vice president to come up? And he said if he will testify under oath. Would you be willing to testify under oath?

CHENEY: I’d have to see what the circumstances are and what kind of precedent we were setting. But certainly I wouldn’t be out here today if I didn’t feel comfortable talking about what we’re doing publicly.

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Is this a new law enacted under the Bush regime? You can testify under oath, if you feel like it. guess so.

Even after they're out of office they still act like they dictate the rules.

are we supposed to believe him?

Sociopaths are always willing to lie for their own protection.

with full access to all of the classified material. Otherwise Cheney will be presenting his cherry picked bag of bullshit secrets. His bluff should be called, but not on his terms, never.

him. I hope the MSM continues to pump Cheney's head up before the fall. I wonder what words Cheney will yell as he's being escorted out the room in cuffs.

bush didn't give Scooter a pardon, maybe that is why Cheney is throwing Bushie under the bus, by mentioning george signed off on torture.

you don't prosecute me and I won't pardon anyone.

or maybe

nothing new here

...but I would bet the house that Darth will find the "circumstances" and/or "precedents" won't be quite right for his being able to testify. So sorry. Maybe next time.

What does he have a pedicure appointment? That I can understand.

this is complete bullshit.

The only way Cheney will testify under oath in front of Congress is if they pick him up and force him to do it. He hedged so much in that interview. It was just Cheney BS...I would depend upon the circumstances my eye.

...the next time he opened his mouth I'd cite his ass for contempt, lying under oath.

Seriously, would you believe ANYTHING this mofo said, even under "oath"?

I mean, an oath has to MEAN something to the oath-taker, in order for the listeners to regard it as an assurance of truthfulness.

Only thing means diddly to the homicidal penguin is $$$$$$$$$$$.

disgustedly,
Bright

"You can't handle the truth"

What a psychopath!

All this bullshit and dissembling will not do.

The man is a war criminal!

I don't even have to watch this interview.

Cheney basically said if all the stars are aligned the way he wants them and he gets to select the documentary evidence that he's testify.

In other words, the only way he's testify is if he is compelled to testify. That means that the Congress and the Senate could subpoena him and he'll ignore it on the same basis that Rove and Meier's ignored the subpoenas issued to them.

The ONLY way he would testify is if he is compelled to do so and there is enforcement power behind the subpoena. If he is looking at doing the perp walk he'll do it otherwise forget it.

So, far neither the Congress or the Senate (I'm not sure who would be issuing the subpoena--my bad) has shown the balls to issue a warrant. In fact, I don't know that they have the power to.

Don't hold your breath on this one.

If the Attorney General doesn't get behind this it won't happen. Holder has lot's of enforcement power. Congress and the Senate do not.

most of his assets in Dubai now. The Dick will abscond.

Like his oath means a damn thing

He took an oath as Vice President and lied to the American people for 8 years. And he would lie again because he is pure evil.

This blog sums it up quite nicely.

http://progressnotcongress.org/blog/?p=854

Torture Cheney and we will get the answers we want!

They're all running scared and they'll say anything and rat anyone out to save themselves. It's every man for himself now.

Cheney will say Bush was president and he authorized it all, that Bush was the one running things and giving the orders.