Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that intelligence operations under the Bush administration potentially saved "hundreds of thousands" of lives and suggested that President Obama would "sacrifice" Americans by dismantling the counter-terrorism tools of his predecessor. The former vice president, appearing on CBS' "Face the Nation," escalated his defense of Bush-era tactics in the War on Terror while turning up his criticism of President Obama's approach to that fight. He specifically touted the success of controversial surveillance and interrogation programs used after the Sept. 11 attacks.
And he renewed the call he made last month for the administration to declassify memos that he claims show U.S. officials, by using "enhanced" interrogation techniques on terror suspects, learned information that saved lives.
"I am convinced, absolutely convinced, that we saved thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of lives," Cheney said, claiming he has "no regrets" about the actions of the administration. He called the federal government's efforts since 2001 "one of the greatest success stories of American intelligence." - FOX News Story
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