Obama Pandered to Lefties With Memo Release: Cheney

Dick Cheney said President Obama’s release of Bush administration torture memos was meant “essentially to appease a certain element of the Democratic Party or because of campaign commitments,” Politico reports. Speaking on Fox News, Cheney did a mocking impression of al-Qaeda’s reaction: “Gee whiz, isn't that great? Barack Obama and his administration are no longer going to ask our guys tough questions when they are captured.”

“Now, maybe we won't behead their people when they capture them,” the former VP continued. He noted that Obama used political reps, not national-security spokesmen, to explain the release. “I think that says something about the mindset,” Cheney said. He said the administration was acting as if “there’s no longer a threat” from terrorists, and slammed Obama’s dumping of the term “war on terror.” (More Dick Cheney stories.)