If torture stopped in early 2004, how is Obama endangering Americans by banning torture?

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

There is another part of Col. Lawrence Wilkerson's post at the Washington Note The Truth About Richard Bruce Cheney that deserves greater attention:

My investigations have revealed to me — vividly and clearly — that once the Abu Ghraib photographs were made public in the Spring of 2004, the CIA, its contractors, and everyone else involved in administering "the Cheney methods of interrogation", simply shut down. Nada. Nothing. No torture or harsh techniques were employed by any U.S. interrogator. Period. People were too frightened by what might happen to them if they continued.

What I am saying is that no torture or harsh interrogation techniques were employed by any U.S. interrogator for the entire second term of Cheney-Bush, 2005-2009. So, if we are to believe the protestations of Dick Cheney, that Obama's having shut down the "Cheney interrogation methods" will endanger the nation, what are we to say to Dick Cheney for having endangered the nation for the last four years of his vice presidency?

A solid rebuttal to Dick Cheney's "Torture Tour" fear mongering.