As long as we are warmed up, let's speculate a little further

Liz's work in the Middle East may give Liz a personal stake in this also. She sure seems motivated. She handed out tens of millions of dollars, and she would have been one of the few people that Dick trusted.

The Cheney's personal profit from Haliburton may have led them to do things for personal gain, not just God and country. Wouldn't you?

Seymour Hersh described Cheney running a covert "executive assassination ring." But Hersh's evidence seemed as elusive as the Obama "Whitey" tape. And now we have Erik Prince claiming that hit squads were being trained without the CIA's knowledge, which was mentioned last week on the Rachel Maddow show.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...

It has also been said that these assassination squads weren't limited to Iraq, and they tried to make a "hit" in Germany on a German citizen. Was this the operation Hersh referred to, and was Cheney in charge?

Finally, every time Dick Cheny or Liz opens their pie hole, it becomes more and more clear that George Bush was not calling the shots. You can hear W. say "I don't want to know anything about it,just do what needs to be done," while Cheney snarls "That's what I do sir," while muttering to himself "....you worthless prat."



Update

An Affirming Flame cites Glenn Greenwald as placing the number of people who died in custody at over 100.

http://www.dailykos.com/...

Why does Dick Cheney get to be the point man in defending this? Is he the fall guy or the mastermind?

It would be a powerful narrative to demand "an inverstigation into Dick Cheney's role in as many as 100 torture related deaths."