According to Priest and Wright, in today's WaPo,
Just last week, Cheney showed up at a Republican senatorial luncheon to lobby lawmakers for a CIA exemption to an amendment by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that would ban torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners. The exemption would cover the CIA's covert "black sites" in several Eastern European democracies and other countries where key al Qaeda captives are being kept.
That's right, President Cheney is for torture and secret detention. But...
Increasingly, however, Cheney's positions are being opposed by other administration officials, including Cabinet members, political appointees and Republican lawmakers who once stood firmly behind the administration on all matters concerning terrorism.
Imagine that! President Cheney is getting static on his torture agenda. I wonder if Vice President Bush might not be tasked with running interference in the Congress.