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21 Jun 2007 10:09 pm
Cheney Out Of Control
He's now claiming he isn't part of the executive branch. Yes, you read that right. Money quote:
Vice President Dick Cheney has asserted his office is not a part of the executive branch of the U.S. government, and therefore not bound by a presidential order governing the protection of classified information by government agencies, according to a new letter from Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., to Cheney.
Bill Leonard, head of the government's Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), told Waxman's staff that Cheney's office has refused to provide his staff with details regarding classified documents or submit to a routine inspection as required by presidential order, according to Waxman.
In pointed letters released today by Waxman, ISOO's Leonard twice questioned Cheney's office on its assertion it was exempt from the rules. He received no reply, but the vice president later tried to get rid of Leonard's office entirely, according to Waxman.
The idea of impeaching him really doesn't seem so outrageous as the months go by, does it?\
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high school civics anyone?
Excerpt: thanks to andrew sullivan for posting this today. i'm certainly not a political or a constitutional expert. however, i am rather certain that the office of vice president of these here united states is pretty high up in the executive
Weblog: jammin' on the fourth
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