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Fox News: Cheney Calls Probe of CIA Interrogators an ‘Outrage’

Fox News:

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday it’s an “outrage” the Obama administration continues to investigate CIA agents who interrogated terror suspects, claiming they did nothing wrong and expressing concern about the precedent it sets.

Cheney weighed in on the probe after several Republicans and other ex-officials have renewed their call for the Justice Department to drop the investigation — launched nearly two years ago by Attorney General Eric Holder — in light of the killing of Usama bin Laden.

Though it’s unclear what role so-called enhanced interrogation played in finding bin Laden, Cheney told “Fox News Sunday” the techniques probably “contributed” and suggested the circumstances make the Justice probe all the more unsettling.

“It’s unfortunate,” Cheney said. “These men deserve to be decorated. They don’t deserve to be prosecuted.”

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Comments (105)

  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 4:02am

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  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 3:54am

    cut them loose. i don’t care if they shoved peoples heads up camel butts, or if they took pig ears and made Taliban earrings out of them,i don’t care if they lie stole of dunked someones head under a pile of cow poop, just as long as they were defending this great country at all cost, no matter how they done it ,is not the point,the point is they were trying to find out who killed thousands of our family members,friends ,and fellow Americans, they should not be prosecuted, if they prosecute these Americans, they must prosecute obama and anyone else who knew about killing u b l ,that was murder, not that i care he is dead,i am saying you can’t eat half the ice cream cone and want a refund for the other half, either way the lnfo helped kill u b l so either cut them loose,or prosecute the obama administration for conspiring to commit murder,they knew since august of last year where he was,and it still took him 40 hours to decide to kill him or not, that is premeditated murder, again i am glad u b l is dead,but if you prosecute one ,then due everyone.

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  • high school drop out
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 3:39am

    The V.P is correct The prosecution in a “outrage” but, unfortunatly not an isolated outrage! The Bush administration made plenty of mistakes including a few “political” prosecutions (I voted for Bush Cheny but felt kinda betrayed by the expansion of govt under their watch) The difference is that this prosecution can be laid directly at Holders feet!!! Also this prosecution is apparently only to appease thev more severly braindamaged of Obamas base My question is.. how does anyone stupid enough to believe the C.I A should be prosecuted on this find their way to the voting booth

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  • survivorseed
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 3:39am

    Not even I would call what Bush and Cheney did, treason. Their still criminals but I don’t wish them dead.
    Sorry if I confused your little rant about ropes, branches and the black president with lynching. I don’t know how I could have possibly thought of that. Note to self – stop using redneck logic

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    • turkey13
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:36am

      Obama is not an african american, he is a half breed. My wife taught for 32 years and always felt sorry for kids from mixed marraiges. White kids ignore and black kids ignore these kids, they are the ultimate loners.

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  • GadsdenPatriot
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 3:10am

    @survivor…Who said anything about lynching? Lynching is without legal authority “loser!” Talk about a typical idiotic leftist spin. Tell me exactly what is so patriotic about treason? Mind you, by definition that means traitor, i.e. an anti-patriot if you will. Good luck with that one. I may also remind you the punishment for being found guilty of treason:

    ” United States Code at 18 U.S.C. § 2381 states ‘whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.’”

    By law it is a valid punishment, and I only ask the law is upheld. You’re not very bright are you?!

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  • survivorseed
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 2:16am

    Exactly, Obama is the only one who gets his man, cheney will shoot you in the face

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  • survivorseed
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 2:15am

    Your not calling for a lynching are you “patriot”. Always makes me laugh to see you losers with patriot in your name, replace patriot for bigot and you’re on a winner

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  • Azranchhand
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 2:00am

    Given a choice of who I would pick to watch my back? Obama or Cheney….it’s a no brainer!

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  • The Bagginator
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 1:16am

    “There they go and I must follow. For, I am their leader.” … The Obama doctrine.

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    • M-O-O-N Spells Moon
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 2:45am

      Very nice. :)

      Always “fun” to watch the liberal trolls come out of the woodwork when Cheney raises his head or speaks a single word. They seem to want to rehash every perceived slight and every old John Stewart joke.
      Cheney is right in this case, regardless of the conspiracy theories you may believe about the CIA or Cheney himself, it is shameful to prosecute the people that are doing so much to protect our nation. But this shouldn’t surprise us after everything else this administration has done to foster divisions in our society.

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  • RepubliCorp
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:58am

    with all the libs / commies we would need a national forest.

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  • islandlady
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:51am

    OOOppps I guess I couldn‘t use Cheney’s first name they thought I swore. I ment it in a positive way
    guys!!!! A Lady Never speaks guile!

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    • The Bagginator
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 1:18am

      LOL … Too funny.

      You go, Dick … I mean Richard!

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    • psst
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:40am

      islandlady
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:51am
      OOOppps I guess I couldn‘t use Cheney’s first name they thought I swore. I ment it in a positive way
      guys!!!! A Lady Never speaks guile
      —-
      Umm
      The Blaze is getting eeexxtry sennnnnsitive /Political correctness run amock/amuck.
      I made a post about Ahab and Moby Dhiqckxtop, and poor Ol Moby’s last name got censored
      Funny as kell

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  • islandlady
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:49am

    You Go Dick!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • ALMOSTLOST
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:48am

    The C.I.A. should investigate cheney!!!

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    • ALMOSTLOST
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:53am

      And waterboard Bush1 Clinton Bush2 and Berry and ask the simple Question “Who do you work for?” because it shure wasnt us!!!!

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  • jonnydoe
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:41am

    “These men deserve to be decorated. They don’t deserve to be prosecuted.”
    ——————————————————————————–
    The CIA decorated? Really? Has anyone on here watched “War on Democracy” and “The War You Do Not See” by John Pilger? Trust me, you will never look at our govt and particularly the CIA the same way again.

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  • GadsdenPatriot
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:32am

    Trying to retroactively prosecute an action that was legal at the time is beyond barbaric. I suppose the next administration can create laws and retroactively prosecute Barry, his wife, Soros, and the whole fleet of Marxist traitors to this nation! For Soros, he could be prosecuted without new laws. He is a domestic enemy of the state who is openly trying to overthrow our Capitalist government. Hang the old buzzard for high treason!!! I DEMAND IT!!!!!!!

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  • Salamander
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:29am

    It’s interesting, Bush is BLAMED for EVERYTHING, EXCEPT for the CAPTURE/NEUTRALIZATION of Osama bin Laden!!! Hmmm, for THAT Obama takes credit for Osama! Bush was very smart NOT to partake of Obama’s victory lap! He knows that We know who dunnit! It is a credit to Bush’s Presidency that he put in place the necessary mechanisms for Osama to be cornered in his Roach Hotel–Where the Roaches check-in; but, they don’t check-out! Osama is as lucky that it happened on his watch as Geraldo was lucky that the announcement came during his show! I thought Geraldo was going to choke on his dinner when a producer tapped him with the news on his earpiece! Geraldo was like a little girl that couldn’t wait to tell a secret! And, he ACTED like it was his own idea! Yeah, RIGHT!

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    • Salamander
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:31am

      Oops! I meant ‘oBama’ when I wrote ‘oSama’ is as lucky … ! Dang, I just keep doing that!

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    • Showtime
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:38am

      Not a lot of difference.

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    • ghost-of-elvis
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 2:10am

      geraldo was a disgrace that night… I remember him trying to act like it was his idea..was about as believable as him saying he could go into libya with one company from the french foriegn legion under his command and get it done in a week… even worse was him in the midst of the white house celebration high fiving and basically acting like he just won the super bowl…I was waiting for him to say he was going to disneyworld and pop a bottle of bubbly…I will never watch his sorry show ever again and he lost the last shred of cred he had with me that night

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    • survivorseed
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 2:12am

      Bush knew he deserved no credit and for once in his life he made the right decision staying out of the spotlight. Thanks to Obama, the worlds most dangerous criminal is no more

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  • EQUALIZER
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:25am

    Welcome to the Barry Soetoro Reality Tour!!!!

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  • psadie
    Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:23am

    Cheney is right about the CIA probe of interrogators. These people are doing the job they are expected to do–extract information from terrorists to prevent more terror. Obama congratulates the military on one hand for a job well done and then looks to punish them on the other hand. What will his administration do if they capture a high profile target and they need information fast? Read him his rights? This is an EXTREMELY dangerous world and time is of the essence. I think that the military should be allowed to do whatever is necessary, within the law, to extract info that is crucial for the safety of the citizens of the USA. I TRUST the military!!!

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    • afflicted
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 1:01am

      Very well said. Imagine where Israel would be if the Mossad worried about offending the enemy.

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    • nitestik
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 2:49am

      maybe the terrorist would be a new czar?

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    • thebarbarian
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 6:52am

      @ nitestik

      already covered and falsepotus covered false vpotus covered . heck the whole admin are a bunch of moosiesucking terrorist

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  • Exrepublisheep
    Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:58pm

    “Dick Cheney and Karl Rove, once two of the most powerful men in this country, are now suffering from Balzheimer’s disease. Why didn’t I see it before? Balzheimer’s is a terrible illness that attacks the memory and gives its victims the balls to attack others for things they themselves made a career of. There is no known cure.” –Jon Stewart

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  • crcitizen
    Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:51pm

    Cheney is right, and to take credit for these guys and gals work, and then prosecute the same people is ludicrous even for Obama and Holder.

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  • markamerica
    Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:45pm

    This is indeed outrageous. Look, I‘m the first to say that ’following orders is no excuse’ but in this case, we’re talking about waterboarding. Waterboarding is not torture. The ‘torture’ word has been overplayed.

    Frankly, whomsoever goes forward with prosecutions in these instances needs to be impeached, and Obama‘s flat ’no’ to Berlingame was ridiculous.

    The President could solve this easily by simply informing the attorney general that if he goes forward with the prosecutions, he, the POTUS, will issue a blanket pardon, and thus end the prosecution, but also serve as a public rebuke to the AG.

    That would end it.

    Mark

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:56pm

      I am told that the process called waterboarding is actually used during training of our own military .
      Can someone confirm if thats true ?
      Because if it is, WTF are the cooties of the COOTUS complaining about ?

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:25am

      I went through what is called S.E.R.E. training (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape.) I have no idea if it involved full-blown waterboarding or not. I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt -> I thought I was drowning. On one level I “knew” I would suffer no long term ill effects from training provided by my own army. Nonetheless my base instinct was oh crap I’m gonna die right here right now! Even after the second experience I was shaken by it. More confident but I can certainly understand how effective it would be if used by an enemy.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:41am

      @ 82dAirborne
      So after you pass the waterboarding with flying colors , do they reward you with an extra scoop of ice-cream , like they do for Gitmo detainees ?
      ( haha)
      http://rhymeswithright.mu.nu/archives/images/icecream.jpg

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:52am

      Another training is the drown-proofing for the Navy Seals .

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    • markamerica
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 1:10am

      Cheesewiz:
      Best article to read:

      http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23220

      Mark

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 3:28am

      @ markamerica
      Whoa …thanx for opening my eyes.
      Which gives me an idea :
      Every person , who is elected to be POTUS should be MADE to undergo this S.E.R.E
      starting the day he/she is elected to the day he/she is to be sworn in
      If one wants to be CinC of these forces, one undergoes SERE with the rest of the troops , no favors .

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    • thebarbarian
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 6:42am

      you tell em’ mark. you‘ll mooseslimes want torcher i’ll give you torcher. i’ll even let you pick…
      bone scraping or being locked in a room with my ex
      i put money on them picking the bone scraping… it’s less painful and more humane.

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    • thebarbarian
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 6:45am

      @ cheeze.
      i’ll confirm it. it sucks a little but was not as bad as the box. or my ex.

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:42pm

    At the very least let the CIA does it’s job. A little gadfly in my brain tells me there is something more to this than the interrogations. Something the administration does not like about the CIA.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:10am

      Something the administration does not like about the CIA.
      ———–
      Strechyface says that the CIA lies all the time .
      And she don’t like no liars

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  • misteryuck
    Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:42pm

    So, what is with this bunch? Is this the left still trying to destroy Bush after the fact, pacifying the base or some delusional leftist thinking that is at play here? Inquiring minds want to know.

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    • audaxrex
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:48am

      Bush destroyed himself. He didn’t need any help, tho’ Cheney gave him plenty.And Cheney – he tortured the law, decency, truth, common sense and the Republic itself. I guess he doesn’t believe in an afterlife. If he does, he should worry about what awaits him there.

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  • Marylou7
    Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:35pm

    “It’s unfortunate,” Cheney said. “These men deserve to be decorated. They don’t deserve to be prosecuted.”

    ________________

    They are the beginning of the death of OBL and deserve our praise and honor.

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    • hurricanerigger
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 1:21am

      What a bunch of misinformed people! First, the border agents where prosecuted for tampering with the evidence. They did something wrong! And G.W gave them a pardon after more than a year in prison. The very last thing he did before leaving office. Get your facts straight!

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 1:42am

      @ hurricanerigger
      They SHOULD NOT have been prosecuted AT ALL period. Maybe a reprimand,
      but giving prosecutorial immunity to an illegal alien known professional drug smuggler with an extensive rap sheet, and giving him a border-crossing card and financial incentives just so that he could testify to whatever the drug cartel errr…er..er government of mehico demanded of US Attorney was a totally immoral , unethical, unpatriotic and anti-American thing to do . Anyone who stood there and let Bush go forward with it is equally to blame.
      Not only that, during the trial, the biased judge ganged up with Sutton and the smuggler’s attorney so that the long drug-crimes related rap sheet of that illegal alien could be kept hidden from the jury .
      As I said, Bush and his administration were too eager to please the marxists and mehicans, and lost sight of what the people of this country OUTSIDE DC wanted them to do

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:33pm

    If we let them continue to do their job, we might find all those Anonymus donors, that gave to Obama’s campaign.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:41pm

      Thanks for your concern Mr Cheney but you had no problem when your boss persecuted 2 Border Patrol agents on the word of an illegal alien drug smuggler just to appease the mexican drug cartels .
      But your boss never even prosecuted Richard Armitage ….so there
      :D

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    • AynRandLives
      Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:45pm

      Hopefully, the next Administration will investigate Holder.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:45pm

      @Cheezewhiz
      The problem with the border patrol agents, they kept the summer help from coming up to the ranch. Don’t mess with the summer help.

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    • misteryuck
      Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:46pm

      @Cheeswhiz: Yeah, what’s up with that? Why did scooter get nailed when Richard Armatage walks free? I thought Plame was not undercover anyway so she couldn’t be outed?
      As far as the border agents go, WTH?!?!?!
      Why are drug smuggling ILLEGAL aliens being protected so??? Unless….

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:47pm

      We should never stop using whatever it takes to make these muslim terrorists to talk .

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    • wdvander
      Posted on May 8, 2011 at 11:57pm

      @ Cheezwhiz, very good point. “W” is not in the right on that prosecution and acted as though it was a personal vendetta to get those public servants incarcerated and keep them incarcerated.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:03am

      Continued investigations into CIA agents who interrogated terror suspects has nothing to do with pursuit of the truth, just calibration of deception.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:06am

      @ CHEEZWHIZ

      Thank you I agree with you I will never forget what Johnny Sutton did & the support he got from the past administration , shame on them .

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:12am

      Bush and Cheney could ask… Do you miss us yet??
      my answer
      HELLYES!

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    • Creestof
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:13am

      Let’s see…Cheney was CEO of Halliburton and still has tons of stock. His buddy Bush gets rid of Posse Comitatus and signs into law the ability for HLS to “detain” for indefinate periods, those determined to be disidents, terrorists, threats to the USA…then awards Halliburtons subsidiary “KBR” the contract to build detention centers across the USA run by FEMA and staffed by HLS…so now all they have to build is a 5 star detention camp for the CIA agents to stay in if they are found guilty,

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:53am

      I have been trying to post a response for 30 minutes. The Blaze will not post it.

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 12:53am

      Cheez,

      That wasn‘t exactly Cheney’s fault, that was his bosses fault. Cheney has a history of doing things for the right reasons and I feel confident that if he had been the POTUS, those agents would have received medals instead of Jail.

      But this is another example why we need Colonel West running up against Obama in 2012.

      Info for Allen West Petitions…
      http://www.AmericasTeaPartyNews.com

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 1:10am

      Robert-CA
      Thank you I agree with you I will never forget what Johnny Sutton did & the support he got from the past administration , shame on them .
      ————
      I remember after Nancy “ drain the swamp” Pelosi and her fellow demonrats took over the Congress in 2007 , the Bush administration transformed itself into Pelosi+Reid’s servants , eager to do anything on command , just to earn some praise from dems .
      Whats represenhible ( and the media made sure it never ever got covered) is that the person who was salivating for the blood of these 2 BP agents , i e Rep. William Delahunt ( D-MA) was the same friend of felons who let Amy Bishop go scott free by covering up for her , after she murdered and bombed her family members, and robbed a car dealership , after which she went on to become a big Obama supporter and murder 3 other people in Alabama .
      It was as if Bush + Cheney just gave in to every demand of the dems ( + RINOs) after 2006 elections and had no values of their own. They were under some kind of spell to please the dems methinks. And look what all that ” bi-partisanship” landed them and the country !

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    • brliantedj
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 1:11am

      Let me guess based on (NBL) New Black Panthers action.
      CIA are “clearly” guilty.
      Why question this “authority”?

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    • AOL_REFUGEE
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 2:56am

      Eric Holder is such an undead POS, it isn’t funny.

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 5:56am

      We need to stop the Dem’s ridiculous self hating anti-military policies. We also need to stop the Dem and Repub dishonest budget plans which deliver all money to Washington.. How can we do that?

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    • thebarbarian
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 6:38am

      @aynrandlives
      i agree!
      and the whole darned admin. they all should be brought up on treason/sedition charges….

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 7:12am

      @cheezwhiz,

      That’s an excellent point!!!!!!!

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    • psst
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 8:31am

      @At Cheeze. Your comment was very appropriate regarding bOOsh.
      But.
      I appreciate Cheney’s input on this matter. The MSM hates him (w/ a passion)and hopefully this will get a lot of play.
      Normal Americans are wonder about the Jihad the Soetoro administration is carrying out against our guys who are trying to extract info from Soetoro’s religious affiliation members.
      This will reinforce normal Americans low opinion of Soetoro. Maybe it will get some of his lemmings to start thinking.
      Of course w/ a lack of gray/grey matter, this will be like trying to squeeze blood from turnips. Impossible.

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:47am

      This walking pusbag of death need not show his face anymore.

      The next time I see his face, I want it to be at the Hague.

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 9:48am

      Torture doesn’t catch and assassinate men that are already dead.

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    • red1
      Posted on May 9, 2011 at 2:44pm

      Obama ordered the killing of an unamred man. Obama needs to be investigated for war crimes.

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