美国前副总统切尼说，对恐怖分子嫌疑人使用严厉的审讯手段行之有效，美国人民应该看到证明。切尼在接受美国福克斯电视台采访时说，他无法谈论目前仍属机密的信息，但是美国公众应有权查明这些获得的情报有如何大的价值。
切尼呼吁公布更多相关备忘录，说这样才能够进行一场“诚实的辩论”。
美国总统奥巴马上星期决定公开详细说明美国中央情报局审讯方法的有关文件。这些审讯方法包括剥夺睡眠和一种模拟溺水等方式。奥巴马总统星期一在中央情报局说，这些严厉的审讯方法损害了“我们的道德权威，而且并不能让我们更安全”。布什担任总统、切尼担任副总统的美国政府批准了这些方法的使用。
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney says the use of harsh interrogation techniques on terror suspects produced results and that the American people should see the proof. In an interview with Fox News (aired Monday night), Cheney said he is not allowed to talk about the still-classified information but that the public deserves to find out “how good the intelligence was.”
Cheney called for the release of additional memos, saying that would make for what he calls an “honest debate.”
Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama decided to release memos that detailed CIA interrogation methods, including sleep deprivation and waterboarding — a technique that simulates drowning. At CIA headquarters Monday, President Obama said such harsh techniques, approved by the Bush-Cheney administration, undermine “our moral authority and do not make us safer.”