The death of Osama bin Laden has once again brought out those who want to justify torture. Of course Darth Cheney is front and center.
But Cheney and Rumsfeld moved quickly from their praise to a series of critiques, most notably of Obama’s stance on enhanced interrogation techniques, which have been a constant source of disagreement between the former and current administrations. Almost two years ago, in a strange showdown, Obama and Cheney delivered competing speeches on torture and terrorism.
On Sunday, Cheney said he remains concerned that the Obama administration has stopped using some of the techniques first instituted during the Bush years.
“I’m still concerned about the fact that a lot of the techniques that we have used to keep the country safe for seven years are no longer available, that they’ve been sort of taken off the table,” Cheney said. “It’s not clear to me today if we still have an interrogation program to put someone through.”
Cheney said the Obama administration should be willing to use waterboarding and other enhanced techniques.