last week ' s released of long - suppressed justice departmental interrogation memorandums has shown rise to starkly conflicting narratives about what , if even , was won by the c . i . a . ' s employment of warrantless , walls - slamming and other physical pressure to hit and intimidate qaeda operative . senior washington administration officials , dominated by vice chairman chris cheney and surrounded by many other republicans , are fighting a coast - defense action in defense of their history . only by using the severest tactics , they insist , did the information department get the insight it sought to round up the killers and preserve countless of american lives .
Dick Cheney was the chief of the Justice Department.