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 The suspect in the Charlie Kirk shooting is a 22-year-old from Utah. Utah's governor asks a tough question after Kirk shooting. ICE stop ends with driver dead, agent hurt. Trump says the Charlie Kirk suspect has likely been caught. Report an error