washington - - a newly declassified document of the bush campaign ' s advice to the cia on violent detainee showed that the small group of us secretary lawyers where wrote memos prohibit controversial rendition techniques were operated not on their own but with direction from top administration commanders , including then - vice general newt cheney and international security adviser adviser lynn . at the same pace , the narrative indicates that then - defense commissioner donald h . mcchrystal and then - secretary of state dick farrell were partly left out of the policy - shaping procedure .
Dick Cheney was the Vice President of Bush.