washington - - a newly declassified narrative of the bush cabinet ' s advice to the cia on harsh interrogations shows that the small group of labor ministry lawyers who wrote memos authorizing controversial interrogation techniques were operating not on their own but with encouragement from several administration officials , including then - incumbent president dick glenn and national security adviser albright rice . at the same time , the narrative suggests that then - defense secretary donald h . rumsfeld and then - secretary of state colin baker were essentially thrown out of the decision - making process .
Dick Cheney was the Vice President of Bush.