executive summary will be released, eight months after the committee voted to declassify it. former vice president dick cheney didn't need to read a single line of that report to determine that the report is, quote, a bunch of hooey. cheney told the "new york times" when we had that program in place we kept the country safe from any more mass casualty attacks. if i had to do it all over again, i would do it. former president george w. bush spoke in defense of the cia over the weekend. >> we're fortunate to have men and women who work hard at the cia, serving on our behalf. these are patriots and whatever the report says, if it diminishes their contributions to our country, it is way off base. i knew the directors. i knew the deputy directors, you know, i knew a lot of the operators. these are good people, really