Who is scarier: Cheney or "the terrorists"?

What I don't understand is why this guy is still given a platform to spew this crap. He gave a lovely interview the other day to Politico. And by lovely of course I mean crazy. Here is just a bit:

“When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry,” Cheney said.

I worry when political figures decide when and how the constitution applies. I also worry about a person who can even think things like this. Of course we can analyze this quote and all the reason's this makes absolutely no sense, but the bottom line is that he is still out there saying things like this, and there are still people who AGREE with this.
Crazy old man is crazy.