Cheney: I Would Not Discontinue ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ Programs

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney gave his opinion on the “enhanced interrogation,” which some call torture, programs CIA director nominee Gina Haspel was grilled on during her confirmation hearing.

“I would not discontinue those programs,” Cheney said Thursday on Fox Business Network. “I would have them active and ready to go, and I would go back and study them and learn.”

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  1. Given that he’s so enthusiastic, we can start by waterboarding Cheney.

  2. Cheney: I Would Not Discontinue ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ Programs

    Get back into your crypt.

  3. Thanks for your input Dick.

  4. Darth Cheney crawls back out from under his rock to defend his legacy.

    Mostly he’s upset that they didn’t build the floating torture droid from ‘A New Hope’ in time for him to watch it work.

  5. Did they ask him how the search for WMDs in Iraq is going?

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