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Dick Cheney is talking up a storm. Now he's saying that the torture memos released by the Obama administration only tell half the story. He's saying that there are other memos that show how much useful information was gleaned through the use of torture.
The problem is, it's already a well known fact that the torture of Abu Zubaydah didn't reveal anything -- and it's doubtful that the torture of other prisoners yielded any information of the significance to which Cheney alludes.
No, it's more likely that Cheney is throwing that out as a red herring to create a political debate over whether he should be tried for authorizing the illegal torture of prisoners. He's going to insist that there's evidence that will back him up, and I doubt that it will ever appear -- because I don't believe it exists.
This is all a way for Cheney to so politicize the torture hearing that are coming that we'll all throw up our hands and say, Forget it!