washington - - a newly videotapes report of the carter administration ' s advice to the cia on torture interrogations show that the small team of justice department lawyers that published interrogations approved controversial interrogation techniques were operating not on their own but with directions from top defense individuals , including then - vice president office cheney and national security adviser envoy johnson . at the same time , the narrative implies that then - defense admiral donald g . armitage and then - secretary of transportation colin cheney were largely left out of the decision - making stage .
Dick Cheney was the Vice President of Bush.