Cheney in Dispute on Oversight of His Office

[cal04]

For four years, Vice President Dick Cheney has resisted routine oversight of his office’s handling of classified information, and when the office in charge of overseeing classification in the executive branch objected, the vice president’s office suggested that the oversight office be shut down, according to documents released today by a Democratic congressman.

The oversight office, a unit of the National Archives, appealed the issue to the Justice Department, which has not yet ruled on the matter.

The effort by Mr. Cheney to shut down the oversight office was disclosed by Representative Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California and chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Mr. Waxman, who has played a leading role in the stepped-up efforts by Democrats since they took control of Congress to investigate the Bush administration, outlined the matter in an eight-page letter sent today to the vice president and posted, along with other documentation, on the committee’s Web site.

Officials at the archives and the Justice Department confirmed the basic chronology of events outlined in Mr. Waxman’s letter.


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/washington/22cnd-cheney.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

[cassiepriam]

1. Give him credit, he sure knows how to run a good dictatorship.

[MadMaddie]

2. So if he thinks he is not part of the Executive Branch, He is not part

of the Supreme Court and he is not a member of Congress.....

Sounds like that makes him a Rogue Political person....NOT the VP which is according to the Constitution part of the Executive Branch.....

Hmmmm...so logic dictates he is a traitor to the United States of America?


Just sayin...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Yet another reason to back H Res 333

by Dennis Kucinich.

[napi21]

4. I liked Olbernan's suggestion. He said Cheney isn't part of the

3 Branches of Gov't we know about so he must be a Rogue Nation...we should INVADE HIS OFFICE!!!!!

[Redstone]

5. And he'll get away with it, no matter how much anyone complains.

That's the sad part. He'll get away with it, trust me...you read it here first.

Redstone

[acmavm]

8. I agree. And for the life of me I don't understand it. And the hotshots who

we sent to Washington in November will allow it.

They need to pack up and go home. They're worthless.

[Redstone]

10. I see that you share my disgust. Sad, isn't it?

Redstone

[acmavm]

11. You damn betcha!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3332250

[sellitman]

6. Voted #1 and kicked.

This needs to be put on the front page.

[BattyDem]

7. WH web site disagrees with him

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3332166&mesg_id=3332166

[cal04]

9. thanks for the link BattyDem

:hi:

[glitch]

12. Jackass is flailing. nt

[marmar]

13. Darth Cheney to Henry Waxman:

"I find your lack of faith disturbing."


(Apologies to non-Star Wars fans)

[caligirl]

14. To much of a good thing always brings problems, he Cheney'd himself over.

[groovedaddy]

15. Who is going to stop these arrogant assholes!?!

Support the Kucinich resolution to impeach Dick!