Dick Cheney: I'm more concerned with bad guys who got out and released than I am with a few that, in fact, were innocent.
Chuck Todd: 25% of the detainees though, 25% turned out to be innocent. They were released.
Dick Cheney: Where are you going to draw the line, Chuck? How are—
Chuck Todd: Well, I'm asking you.
Dick Cheney: —you going to know? [Overtalk]
Chuck Todd: Is that too high? You're okay with that margin for error?
Dick Cheney: I have no problem as long as we achieve our objective.


Meet the Press (NBC), 14 December 2014, quoted in Anthony Zurcher. "Cheney: 'No problem' with detaining innocents". BBC News. Retrieved on 2014-12-21.

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Dick Cheney: I'm more concerned with bad guys who got out and released than I am with a few that, in fact, were innocent. Chuck Todd: 25% of the...

Dick Cheney: I'm more concerned with bad guys who got out and released than I am with a few that, in fact, were innocent. Chuck Todd: 25% of the...