Obama Endangers Nation

[Woody]

Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday continued his verbal attack against President Obama, saying that the country is more vulnerable to a potential terrorist attack since the Obama administration took power.

Mr. Cheney said that administration's dismantling of many of the policies and protections instituted by President George W. Bush after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks — including the planned closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba and halting controversial prisoner interrogation techniques — have made the country more vulnerable to future attacks.

"That's my belief," Mr. Cheney said on CBS' "Face the Nation." "I think to the extent that those [bush-era] policies were responsible for saving lives, that the administration is now trying to cancel those policies … means in the future we're not going to have the same safeguards we've had for the last eight years."

The former vice president defended controversial interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, saying that it had been an effective tool in extracting useful information from suspected terrorists such as Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who is accused of helping carry out the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Washington and New York.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/10/cheney-says-obama-endangers-nation/

[Dr. Shane]

I surprised at how aghast the news anchors on Good Morning America were this morning with these comments. I mean they are suppose to be objective and they acted like Dick Chenney's remarks offended them.

I am surprised that Dick Cheney is criticizing the Obama Administration so much and so quickly. I notice how the former President has remained silent.

[Woody]

It would be a bit much to expect CBS to be objective.