Thursday, December 11, 2014

Cheney: CIA Torture Report Is 'Full of Crap'

The former US Vice President, Dick Cheney, has said that the Senate Intelligence Committee report into the CIA's post-9/11 interrogation programme is 'full of crap'.

Mr Cheney told Fox News that although he hadn't read the full 6000 page report, its findings were flawed and an affront to the intelligence agency. 

Lorna Shaddick reports from Washington. (WRAP)

IN: This was Dick... 
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Extra audio:

Mr Cheney told Brett Baier of Fox News that the intelligence agency should be praised for carrying out its mission: 

IN: We ask the...
OUT: ...the Senate Democrats
DUR: 15 seconds


During an interview on Fox News, Dick Cheney said that President Bush was fully aware of what was going on: 

IN: He was in...
OUT: ...flat out lie 
DUR: 18 seconds 


Mr Cheney said to Fox News's Brett Baier that the CIA were dealing with dangerous terrorists: 

IN: We said we've...
OUT: ...of course not
DUR: 18 seconds


The former Vice President, speaking on Fox News, said the report's content is flawed: 

IN: The report's full of crap... 
OUT: ...involved in the programme
DUR: 23 seconds


Dick Cheney said to Brett Baier on Fox News that the programme helped keep Americans safe and he'd have no hesitation in repeating it: 

IN: It did in...
OUT: ...in a minute
DUR: 12 seconds