David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Leader for a debate on the CIA report on torture, and particularly on this country's involvement in the scheme of rendition flights. I am absolutely astonished at the emergence of Dick Cheney. It is quite incredible that such a discredited blackguard should dare to raise his head. He should hang his head in shame. He should dig a hole, creep into it and hope to Christ that the rest of the world forgets about him and his dirty filthy tricks. He endorsed torture. He called the torturers "heroes". This was the attitude of Heinrich Himmler. We know the man is a thoroughgoing blackguard. I could use other words, but I would be ruled out of order. He leaked against his own staff during the Iraq war. He was such a coward that he got an exemption from the Vietnam war, which he stoked up from the sidelines. I wonder what is happening to his colleagues, Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Karl Rove. I notice they have kept their heads down. It would be interesting to hear if they have anything to say about this. Mr. Cheney is not a stupid man. He is a filthy coward and a blackguard, but he is certainly not stupid. He knew perfectly well that Iraq had nothing to do with the bombing of the Twin Towers. He used his pal Rupert Murdoch's company, Fox News, to mislead the American people. Much of this was done for gain. This is a man who was the head of Haliburton.