http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57589521/dick-cheney-defends-nsa-surveillance-programs/
boy that had to be a hard pill to swallow, defending Pres. surveillance program, or was he really defending himself since they started it, to condemn Pres. would be an admission of wrong doing on his part and we all know he and Bush did no wrong in 8 years, according to his daughter.Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who played a key role in spearheading the government's expansion of surveillance authority in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, forcefully defended the legality and necessity of that surveillance on "Fox News Sunday," while slamming the Obama administration on a host of other issues.The two programs leaked earlier in June, which allow the government to gather a broad swath of data on Americans' telephone activity and foreigners' Internet activity, may have stopped the 9/11 perpetrators in their tracks if they were in place before the attack, Cheney said.
nah he and Bush might have stopped them had they not brushed them off they were given intel several times on Bin Ladens plans to attack America and true to republican audacity of arrogance they ignored it, point the finger in the right direction pun intended.
The former vice president also argued that the programs are critically necessary to prevent another attack in the future, especially given the grave threats America faces from terrorism today.
"When you consider somebody smuggling a nuclear device into the United States, it becomes very important to gather intelligence on your enemies and stop that attack before it ever gets launched," he said.practice what you preach
