What do you think of this quote by Dick Cheney?

While perusing a Newsweek article about the unprecedented power given to vice president Dick Cheney, I came across this quote: “If I had advice to give it would be, before you start to implement your campaign rhetoric, you need to sit down and find out precisely what it is we did and how we did it, because it is going to be vital to keeping the nation safe and secure in the years ahead.” He was referring to how he and Bush have managed to keep our country safe from terrorist activity since 9/11. Any thoughts?