Barack Obama, no decider-in-chief

Former Vice President Cheney has lashed out at the Obama administration over the decision to have a Justice Department prosecutor revisit the legality of the conduct of CIA interrogators of terrorists. Cheney said that "President Obama's decision" serves as "a reminder, any were needed, of why Americans question the administration's ability to protect the nation.

The Obama team reacted not by defending the decision to investigate CIA interrogators, but rather by gutlessly attempting to evade responsibility for it. According to the Washington Post:

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