Cheney hides behind TORTURE MYTHS to justify Torture. Fact Check Time - Cheney is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.

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Cheney: CIA Techniques Were Sanctioned By DOJ

Cheney Refused To Define Torture, Relied On Rescinded DOJ Memo To Defend CIA Techniques. When Todd asked Cheney for his own definition of torture and whether the CIA's techniques amounted to torture in Cheney's opinion, the former vice president cited the much maligned Justice Department's Office Of Legal Counsel memo to describe CIA techniques:

FACT: Torture Memo Cited By Cheney Never Identified Explicit Boundaries On Torture, And Was Rescinded Two Years Later. The 2002 memo from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel cited by Cheney defined torture as an act "equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death." The memo did not authorize any specific interrogation method, but it provided "wide latitude" to the military and allowed the CIA to use virtually any technique like waterboarding and sleep deprivation. The memo was eventually rescinded in 2004. From The New York Times:

Cheney: Raid On Bin Laden Compound Proves CIA Techniques Were Effective 

Cheney Claimed That CIA Techniques Led To The "Capture Of Bin Laden." Cheney implied that the CIA's program has kept the United States safe in the years since 9/11, citing the killing of Osama bin Laden as grounds for why he would repeat the torture techniques "again in a minute":

FACT: Vital Intelligence Leading To Bin Laden Was Obtained Without Torture. The Senate report determined that "the most valuable information on Osama bin Laden was obtained outside of enhanced interrogation techniques or prior to detainees even being held by the CIA," as ABC News explained:

Cheney: Forced Rectal Feeding On Detainees Was "Done For Medical Reasons" 

Cheney On Forced Rectal Feeding: "I Believe It Was Done For Medical Reasons."  When Todd asked whether force-feeding a detainee food through his rectum constitutes torture, Cheney denied it was torture arguing it "was not one of the techniques that was approved" and that he "believe[d] it was done for medical reasons":

FACT: Doctors Say Rectal Rehydration Is Not A Modern Medical Practice. According to PBS' Newshour, the technique known as "rectal rehydration"  or "rectal feeding" is a practice that dates back to the 18th and 19th centuries but is not a modern medical procedure. Newshour reported that doctors have called the practice "humiliating," and have said it has "no place in medical treatment." [PBS, NewsHour, 12/12/14]

Cheney: "I Have No Problem" With Wrongfully Detained Prisoners Subjected To Torture