Rogue Vice President Who Exposed CIA Agent’s Secret Identity Now Refuses Security Oversight That Protects State Secrets
Just when you think you’ve run out of capacity for outrage, comes this:
For the last four years, Vice President Dick Cheney has made the controversial claim that his office is not fully part of the Bush administration in order to exempt it from a presidential order regulating federal agencies’ handling of classified national security information, officials said Thursday.
Investigators for the House government oversight committee revealed yesterday that Cheney’s office has refused to allow the National Archives security unit to conduct mandatory inspections to ensure that sensitive materials were being handled properly.
According to Cheney, he is exempt from security oversight because the vice president has two functions, one in the Executive Branch and in the Legislative Branch, where he serves as president of the Senate.
Rep. Henry Waxman, chair of the House committee, also said Cheney tried to have the inspectors’ department — the National Archives’ Information Security Oversight Office — abolished because it tried repeatedly to force the vice president to comply with the regulations.
On one hand, this really shouldn’t be surprising since it was Vice President Cheney who orchestrated the traitorous campaign to reveal the identity of U.S. secret agent Valerie Plame Wilson, a covert CIA agent who was tracking black-market sales of weapons of mass destruction.
The final irony is that the compliance is part of a presidential directive established 30 years ago and then amended by Pres. George W. Bush in 2003.
So does this mean Cheney can’t claim executive privilege?
Cheney may be above the law, as he claims, but he will never be beneath contempt.
“So does this mean Cheney can’t claim executive privilege?”
Hell, President Cheney can claim or do anything he wants.. who’s going to stop him? The Democrats?
Henry Waxman can fume and fuss all he wants, he won’t do a damned thing since his paymasters in both Tel Aviv and Wall Street want the Bush/Cheney junta to stay in power.
Blow off, Henry. You Dems had your chance to take back the government and you blew it.
Be nice to Master Cheney, Henry and maybe he’ll take you quail hunting.
There’s only one cure for this situation:
Impeachment.
Bye, bye, Dicky bird.
THE DEMOCRAT CONGRESS HAS HAD ITS CHANCE TO STOP THE BU$H-CHENEY TAKEOVER OF THIS COUNTRY AND ITS RICHES. THEY SAT ON THEIR HANDS.
WHO REPRESENTS US NOW??? NO-ONE DOES!!! IT APPEARS THAT CHENEY HAS THE USA IN HIS ENRICHED POCKETS AND NO ONE OR NO BODY CAN STOP THIS DANGEROUS AND DEADLY MAN.
THANK YOU DEMOCRAT SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN. WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE PROUD OF YOURSELVES. (do not include ted kennedy in my remarks)