Dick Cheney on Fox News Sunday And the CIA

Cheney is saying he does not object to the rogue behavior of CIA agents who went beyond their legal mandate. (In the same interview, Cheney says that the Bush Justice Department found there was nothing "improper or illegal" in this behavior, a determination that is now under review by the Obama Justice Department.) Speaking of the interrogation program as a whole, Cheney says, "It was good policy. It was properly carried out. It worked very, very well." Full Story »

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Andrew Van Camp
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by Andrew Van Camp - Aug. 31, 2009

This is an example of bad journalism. The author injects personal bias and opinion as a substitute for fact in assuming that it is clear what Cheney was referring to by “these cases where they went beyond the specific legal authorization”. This is factually untrue. The Chris Wallace interview did not specifically mention the spun examples of interrogations that the author insinuates Cheney must have been including in his response. The News Trust guide points out that factual truth is essential to quality journalism.

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