Fear of prosecution caused Cheney to speak out, daughter says

By David Edwards and John Byrne

Published: May 22, 2009
Updated 3 hours ago



Vice President Dick Cheney decided to speak out after learning that President Barack Obama might open prosecutions of former Bush Administration officials, his daughter disclosed Thursday.

Elizabeth Cheney told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that her father decided to speak out after he learned there was a possibility of legal action.

“He certainly did not plan when he left office to be doing this,” Cheney’s daughter said. “But I think as we watched in those very first days and weeks after President Obama came into office when he released the memos that lay out for the terrorists — the techniques we used to question them. Then when he suggested in the Oval Office itself that he would be open to the prosecution of former Bush administration officials including many who weren’t political appointees potentially, you know really, I think, made my dad realize this was just fundamentally wrong. We had to speak out.”

Hannity said he was “impressed” by Cheney’s performance.

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Since you value her opinion so much, perhaps you'd like to view this:

Liz Cheney Defends Her Dad on Torture

Mongo wrote:

Since you value her opinion so much, perhaps you'd like to view this:

Liz Cheney Defends Her Dad on Torture

She won't be interested in your link Mongo. She will determine it's all false and anything that makes anyone in the bush admin look bad is gospel. It's a liberal thing.

SKINNYPIG wrote:

Mongo wrote:

Since you value her opinion so much, perhaps you'd like to view this:

Liz Cheney Defends Her Dad on Torture

She won't be interested in your link Mongo. She will determine it's all false and anything that makes anyone in the bush admin look bad is gospel. It's a liberal thing.

SKINNYPIG wrote:

Mongo wrote:

Since you value her opinion so much, perhaps you'd like to view this:

Liz Cheney Defends Her Dad on Torture

She won't be interested in your link Mongo. She will determine it's all false and anything that makes anyone in the bush admin look bad is gospel. It's a liberal thing.

Is it a conservative thing to ignore facts?

Audra Barkley wrote:

SKINNYPIG wrote:

Mongo wrote:

Since you value her opinion so much, perhaps you'd like to view this:

Liz Cheney Defends Her Dad on Torture

She won't be interested in your link Mongo. She will determine it's all false and anything that makes anyone in the bush admin look bad is gospel. It's a liberal thing.

Is it a conservative thing to ignore facts?

Speculation from news talking heads is NOT fact... Obama has stopped the witch hunt.. Why can't his followers do the same???

Lucas McCain wrote:

Speculation from news talking heads is NOT fact... Obama has stopped the witch hunt.. Why can't his followers do the same???

Speculation is all those on the right know, without that you guys have nothing.

Audra Barkley wrote:

Lucas McCain wrote:

Speculation from news talking heads is NOT fact... Obama has stopped the witch hunt.. Why can't his followers do the same???

Speculation is all those on the right know, without that you guys have nothing.

My answer was factual.. Straight from the mouth of The Chosen One..

... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_debating_cheney_analysis

Audra Barkley wrote:

SKINNYPIG wrote:

Mongo wrote:

Since you value her opinion so much, perhaps you'd like to view this:

Liz Cheney Defends Her Dad on Torture

She won't be interested in your link Mongo. She will determine it's all false and anything that makes anyone in the bush admin look bad is gospel. It's a liberal thing.

Is it a conservative thing to ignore facts?

You hit that one on the head girlfriend. Anything you say further about politics will not be considered by the usual suspects.

gringaloca wrote:

Audra Barkley wrote:

SKINNYPIG wrote:

Mongo wrote:

Since you value her opinion so much, perhaps you'd like to view this:

Liz Cheney Defends Her Dad on Torture

She won't be interested in your link Mongo. She will determine it's all false and anything that makes anyone in the bush admin look bad is gospel. It's a liberal thing.

Is it a conservative thing to ignore facts?

You hit that one on the head girlfriend. Anything you say further about politics will not be considered by the usual suspects.

..............and then the left as usual confuses FACTS with their left wing "chosen one" gospel. Nothing new there either.

Audra Barkley wrote:

Lucas McCain wrote:

Speculation from news talking heads is NOT fact... Obama has stopped the witch hunt.. Why can't his followers do the same???

Speculation is all those on the right know, without that you guys have nothing.

We have got plenty, it just doesn't invole the Obama/Biden/Pelosi/socialist/liberal/democratic party of today lies.

Starting in 2010 I believe (I at least am praying) the right will start to have more of a say when some of the congress and senate are booted out, some of them imo are already starting to see the writing on the wall and running from some of Obama's Policies. Just my opinon as others have theirs.

gringaloca wrote:

You hit that one on the head girlfriend. Anything you say further about politics will not be considered by the usual suspects.

You hit that one on the head........right back at ya , we have an agreement.