Addington answers Sen. Kerry: VP is not an 'agency'

[deminks]

In a letter on Vice President Dick Cheney's stationery, Cheney chief of staff David Addington issued a letter to Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) today defending the Vice President's interpretation of his office being outside the executive branch.

A copy of the letter was provided to RAW STORY.

"Dear Senator Kerry," Addington writes. "The executive order on classified national security information -- Executive Order 12958 as amended in 2003 -- makes clear that the Vice President is treated like the President and distinguishes the two of them from 'agencies.'"

No longer satisfied with the Vice President's office's claim that Cheney is actually an admixture between the legislative and executive branch, Addington now posits that the Vice President's office is not an "agency."

"The executive order gives the Information Security Oversight Office, under the supervision of the Archivist of the United States, responsibility to oversee certain activities of 'agencies,' but not of the Vice President or the President."



http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Cheneys_chief_of_staff_rebukes_Kerry_0626.html

[blogslut]

1. Doublespeak

Oh, I have such great hopes for this little display of arrogance by DICK and Co. This one's going to bite him on his pasty old ass.

[IChing]

2. WTF?-Agency?

"based on the law and the history of the legislative functions
of the vice presidency and the more modern functions of the
vice presidency, to reach the same conclusions that the vice president
is not an 'agency' with respect to which ISOO has a role."



Agency-definition


a business or organization established to provide a particular service, typically one that involves organizing transactions between two other parties : an advertising agency | aid agencies. • a department or body providing a specific service for a government or similar organization

[Bucky]

3. Hey, edit this: Should that read "gives the Info Security Oversight Office, under the supervision.."

Check that last paragraph. I think the brackets code system messed you up.

[Beetwasher]

4. They're Better Off Going W/ The "Schroedinger's VP" Angle

Cheney is in a state of constant quantum flux and is both part and not part of the Executive Branch.

[MADem]

5. I'll tell ya what he is, John, he's an ASSHOLE who wipes his ass on our Constitution! nt