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Unchaining Cheney
...Mr. Cheney has launched a one-man jihad against the Obama administration for canceling what he believes are life-protecting anti-terror strategies.

Dick Cheney is unleashed! After eight years of being nearly invisible to the media, the former vice president has come forth bearing wrath. He is now a man on a mission, an angry messenger. Very simply, Dick Cheney believes the Obama administration is putting the United States in danger by dismantling the Bush anti-terror programs.

And Mr. Cheney has one very large point. After the sneak attack on September 11, 2001, America has not suffered another violent terrorism episode on its soil. That is not in dispute and the former vice president believes tough interrogations and aggressive anti-terror moves were the cornerstones of the shield.

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What did Nancy Pelosi really know about interrogation?
Friday, May 8: Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims she had no idea that waterboarding and other techniques were being used on Al Qaeda terrorists, but new documents indicate otherwise. Jim Angle: "...she was briefed on 'enhanced interrogation techniques' and a description of those techniques. If you look at her statements, she is not quite telling the truth."
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