Former Vice President Dick Cheney, torture supporter, has called for the release of more memos “proving” that torture was effective. At least, on Fox News he did. Greg Sargent has the details:
The source, however, tells me that the CIA didn’t get any such request from Cheney. So barring the unlikely possibility that Cheney submitted his request to the Obama White House, it seems fair to assume for now that the only target of this request was the Fox News television audience.
It’s a bluff. The administration should call it. But even if it isn’t, it’s important that the American people have all the details about what was done and why.
UPDATE: Looks like Cheney did make the request.
— A. Serwer
