September 12, in an interview with Newsmax, former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said: “…Iran represents an existential threat, and [the Israelis] will do whatever they have to do to guarantee their survival and their security.”

Cheney also said that Congressional Democrats supported continuing the civil rights violating homeland security policies: “They said absolutely, yes. They were unanimous. Nancy Pelosi was there, Jay Rockefeller was there.”