Cheney Struggles To Explain Terror Contradictions; Endorses DADT Repeal

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Greg Sargent's blog
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/terrorism/cheney-struggles-to-explain-terror-contradictions-but-endorses-repeal-of-dadt/

Some real news in the Dick Cheney interview on ABC: First, Cheney basically endorsed repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

And second, he made fairly large concessions when it comes to his criticism of the current administration: He conceded that the shoe bomber could have been placed in military custody under Bush, but wasn’t. And he acknowledged that some in the Bush administration — not himself, obviously — saw trying terror suspects in civilian courts as an effective weapon against terrorism.

No question, Cheney repeated many standard attacks on Obama — he doesn’t view our hunt for terrorists as a war; he’s trapped in a pre-9/11 mentality; etc.

But Cheney struggled to explain why it’s fair game to criticize Obama’s use of Mirandizing and civilian trials when these techniques were used under his administration.

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1. I seem to recall that he essentially said he was against DADT and

other civil rights violations regarding GLBT issues, but that he supported his administration's policy (left unsaid: that he HAD to support his the admin's policy).