- Panetta said of Cheney’s remarks: “It’s almost, a little bit, gallows politics. When you read behind it, it’s almost as if he’s wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point. I think that’s dangerous politics.”
- Asked if he agreed with Panetta, Vice President Joe Biden told CNN’s “State of the Union” that he wouldn’t question the motive behind Cheney’s criticism.
