Politics | Dick Cheney Cheney Blasts Obama for Torture Probe By Kevin Spak Posted Aug 25, 2009 8:50 AM CDT Copied Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation Journalism Awards luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, June 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Dick Cheney lambasted Barack Obama today for his decision to name a special prosecutor to look into Bush-era terror interrogations. The move raises “doubts about this administration’s ability to be responsible for our nation’s security,” he said in a statement. “The people involved deserve our gratitude. They do not deserve to be the targets of political investigations or prosecutions.” Read These Next 2 National Guard members fatally shot near White House. Macaulay Culkin is now officially Macauley Macauley Culkin Culkin. After a scandal-plagued contest, more drama for Miss Universe. Greta Thunberg's latest stunt earns her a ban from Venice. Report an error