Former Vice-President Dick Cheney emerged yet again in the news last week when it was revealed that he was behind a counterterrorism program that while still a mystery to many, was so abhorrent to current CIA director, Leon Panetta, that he terminated it as soon as he learned of its existence.

Never missing an opportunity to mock the Bush administration, David Letterman devoted his 'Top Ten' list to Dick Cheney's excuses for lying to congress about his counterterrorism program.

So, from the home office in Wahoo, Nebraska...

Number 10: Was going to make it public, but then I remembered I'm an evil bastard.

Number 9: It was so secret, I didn't even tell myself about it.

Number 8: Uh-oh, chest pains -- Gotta go!

Watch as Letterman reveals the rest in the following YouTube video made available via CBS, the from Late Show with David Letterman, which originally aired on CBS Mon., July 13, 2009:

--Diane Sweet

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