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Former Vice President Dick Cheney will appeal a CIA decision denying his request for the release of memos he's contended are crucial to proving the success of "enhanced interrogation techniques" of detainees. Cheney's office released a two-sentence statement reacting to the denial, "The Obama Administration has denied Vice President Cheney's request for the declassification of two documents that provide information about the effectiveness of the detainee program. Vice President Cheney is preparing his appeal to this denial."

Well, well, well. So the man liberals love to hate . . . might just be right. George Stephanopoulos has acknowledged that Dick Cheney’s national security arguments “have started to get some traction” with the Obama administration. The This Week host made his admission to Robin Roberts on today’s Good Morning America. He did so in the course of explaining Pres. Obama’s photo flip-flop. After promising to release photos of enhanced interrogations, PBO suddenly announced yesterday that his administration would seek to block their release. View video here.

I’ve been wondering why all those “Dissent Is Patriotic” bumper stickers that abounded here in the liberal haven of Ithaca, NY during the Bush era disappeared once Barack Obama came to office. Now I think I know why: Ed Schultz must have come to town and ripped them off. On his MSNBC show this evening, reacting to Dick and daughter Liz Cheney’s dissent from PBO’s national security policies, Schultz claimed that they are “not American” and “don’t love the country.” View video here.