Overall, I was impressed with Cheney in his interview by Russert yesterday on MTP, but I was dismayed by one exchange:

MR. RUSSERT: Vanity Fair magazine reports that about 140 Saudis were allowed to leave the United States the day after the 11th, allowed to leave our airspace and were never investigated by the FBI and that departure was approved by high-level administration figures. Do you know anything about that?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: I don?t, but a lot of folks from that part of the world left in the aftermath of 9/11 because they were worried about public reaction here in the United States or that somehow they might be discriminated against.

Sadly, I have a great deal of trouble believing him on that point. It strains credulity to believe that he knows nothing about it.