Greenwald: Dick Cheney Should Be in 'Federal Prison' Not on 'Meet The Press' That a confessed war criminal can appear on weekend cable news shows and brag about human rights violations is a travesty of justice for which President Obama is largely to blame, argues journalist

Journalist Glenn Greenwald did not mince words on Thursday when asked to respond to comments made by former vice president Dick Cheney when he appeared on NBC's Meet The Press last Sunday.Former Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on 'Meet The Press' earlier this week. (Image: Meet The Press/Screenshot)
"The reason why Dick Cheney is able to go on 'Meet The Press' instead of being where he should be—which is in the dock at The Hague or in a federal prison—is because President Obama and his administration made the decision not to prosecute any of the people who implemented this torture regime despite the fact that it was illegal and criminal," Greenwald said in an interview with HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski.
In Sunday's interview with host Chuck Todd, Cheney claimed that CIA torture "worked" and announced he would "do it again in a minute" if given the opportunity.
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