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Vice President Dick Cheney, whose former chief of staff is reported to have testified to a grand jury that his superiors authorized him to disclose classified information, said on Wednesday that he had the power to declassify material.
"There is an executive order that specifies who has classification authority and obviously focuses first and foremost on the president but also includes the vice president," Mr. Cheney said in an interview on Fox News.
This is beyond outrageous. Cheney is saying that he could never give away classified secrets because he has the right to declassify information! It seems to me that Cheney is preparing his defense for outing the spy Valerie Plame. We all know Scooter Libby did not act on his own when he gave her identity away to reporters. Instead of denying he broke the law, what Cheney is essentially saying is that he is the law. If you break it down, it appears that Cheney is tacitly admitting guilt.
On another note - we know that Dick Cheney isn't a straight shooter, nor can he shoot straight. However, he can't get his story straight either. His friends claim that there were no booze at the ranch where he nearly whacked his hunting bud. But now Cheney says he had one beer with lunch.
Maybe, it was one case? Perhaps, Cheney waited until he dried up and got his act together before he called the cops and alerted the press? The discrepancy in stories of how much beer was involved appears suspicious.
3 Comments:
Hell yeah they were bombed, that's why they waited 22 hours to make it public. One cant sober up in a few minutes, even if you did just shoot someone in the face. Cheney should be the NRA's poster boy this year.
posted by Anonymous, at
2/16/2006 3:41 PM
One beer? Yeah right. Considering the "credibility issue" with this administration, the truth is probably that Cheney downed a full liter of Johnny Walker Blue Label and then went nuts shooting off his gun, thinking his friend was a bird. A drunk Republican with a gun! What a lovely thought!
posted by Anonymous, at
2/16/2006 4:21 PM
From the Washington Times:
Careless as Cheney
A poll of 883 South Dakota bird hunters, conducted before Vice President Dick Cheney's weekend hunting accident, asked: "Have you ever been peppered with shotgun BB's?"
It so happens 484 of the hunters, or about 55 percent, replied "yes." And 365 of them said they were wearing orange vests when sprayed. The poll was conducted by Pheasant Country ("where pheasant hunters come to roost"), a Web site sponsored by the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader newspaper.
posted by Anonymous, at
2/16/2006 5:51 PM
