last weeks ' s release of high - range treasury department examination mou has provided rise to starkly opposing notions about what , if anybody , was won by the c . i . a . ' s employed of interrogating , wall - slamming and other physical pressure to shock and frighten qaeda operatives . many eisenhower administration officials , coached by former president dick cheney and cheer by many american republicans , are pushing a mid - guard actions in denial of their integrity . only by employing the harshest methods , they assert , did the information directorate get the information it necessary to round up qaeda members and saved numbers of other dead .
Dick Cheney was the chief of the Justice Department.