Cheney above the Law and the Executive Branch

Well even Cheney it seems lets his true feelings be known sometimes. With this latest bit we find out he is not only above the Law as VP, but his position is even outside of the Executive Branch of Government! Pehaps he is letting slip that as 'Chief Liason for the World Dominating Corporations', no one should waste their time obstructing the obstructionism and wealth transfer business Cheney has mastered for his Masters. The Democrats in Congress are expected to eventually issue subpoenas which will be ignored and then wring their hands and let up mournful wailing, while the barking of the Blue Dogs is expected to be evenly split and interpreted as an equal mix of dismay, incomprehension and encouragement.

From The Voice of America:

A Democratic Party lawmaker is criticizing U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney for refusing to cooperate with a government agency that safeguards secret national security information.

California Representative Henry Waxman released documents Thursday that revealed Cheney's office has not filed annual reports with a unit of the National Archives, the Information Security Oversight Office, since 2003. The unit is required to monitor how the executive branch of the government handles classified documents, under an order first signed in 1995 by then President Bill Clinton.

Cheney's advisors say his office is not covered under the order, arguing that the vice president's office is not strictly an executive agency.

Waxman calls Cheney's assertions "absurd."

The documents show Cheney's office blocked the unit from conducting an onsite inspection of his office in 2004. Agency officials filed a formal request with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in January to resolve the matter.

But the vice president's office has proposed abolishing the office. A spokeswoman for Cheney says the office is "confident" it is properly operating under the law.