Dick Cheney

Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation's annual Journalism Awards on June 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. Cheney strongly defended the Bush administration's record on national security. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) more pics » So maybe Dick Cheney DOES have a soul. In the most progressive policy stance he's probably ever taken, former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday he supports gay marriage, so long as it's decided at the state level. While speaking at the National Press Club for the Gerald R. Ford Foundation journalism awards, Cheney was asked about recent California court rulings and Iowa legislation ... Read Full Story

Former Vice President Dick Cheney (Getty Images) Just 3 months after the end of his presidency, Dubya is getting the gang back together for a little reunion party, but there's one big holdout -- Dick Cheney . Who will be there? Former Bush staffers such as Condaleeza Rice , Karen Hughes, Dan Bartlett and Michael Gerson are all getting together with former President Bush to talk about the direction of the George W. Bush Policy Institute. But the New York Times reports that Cheney is just too cool for school: Not coming to next week’s session is former Vice President Dick Cheney, who in ... Read Full Story

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the American Enterprise Institute on May 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Cheney spoke about U.S. policies toward terrorism. (Getty Images) more pics » Former Vice President Dick Cheney doesn't want any investigation into the actions of the CIA during his administration. Dick Cheney isn't happy with President Barack Obama.  Obama had pledged not to persecute CIA agents for actions taken under the Bush and Cheney administration, but now an investigation is under way.  Cheney made himself clear when he told Chris Wallace about his disappointment on 'FOX News Sunday' last night. "We had the president of ... Read Full Story

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says politics are driving the Justice Department's decision to investigate CIA interrogators for detainee abuse. The Bush administration's No. 2 official is striking out at President Barack Obama, saying he has serious doubts about the Democrat's policies. Cheney criticized Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to open a preliminary probe. Obama had pledged to move forward instead of prosecute people who carried out Bush administration policies. Cheney said enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding saved American lives after the Sept. 11 attacks. Critics call waterboarding a form of torture. The former vice president was interviewed this week at his Wyoming home ... Read Full Story

By Andy Worthington For the defendants of the use of torture by U.S. forces -- still led by former Vice President Dick Cheney -- this has been a rocky few weeks, with the publication, in swift succession, of the leaked report by the International Committee of the Red Cross ( PDF ), based on interviews with the 14 “high-value detainees” transferred to Guantánamo from secret CIA prisons in September 2006, which concluded that their treatment “constituted torture” (and was accompanied by two detailed articles by Mark Danner for the New York Review of Books), the release, by the Justice Department, of four memos issued ... Read Full Story