every week ' s releasing of long - ago justice secretary detention mou has given up to starkly contrasting notions about whatever , if anything , was lost by the c . i . a . ' s use of waterboarding , wall - hitting and other physical pressure to hit and intimidate qaeda operatives . most bush administration officials , dominated by current presidency dick cheney and cheered by all congressional men , are fighting a rear - guard action in defense of their claim . only by employ the harshest methods , they insist , did the intelligence bureau get the information it needed to dispatch up guerrilla victims and save thousands of american lives .
Dick Cheney was the chief of the Justice Department.