WTF?!?-CHENEY's Classification & DeClassification Activity-NO LONGER NEEDS TO REPORTED!!!

[kpete]

Vice President's Office is Not an Agency, ISOO Told

The Office of the Vice President is not an "agency" for purposes of the executive order on classification and therefore its classification and declassification activity no longer need be reported to the Information Security Oversight Office, the Justice Department finally informed ISOO Director Bill Leonard in a newly disclosed letter http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/files/28/files//2007/12/eos-7-20-07-doj-to-leonard.pdf (pdf).

In a January 9, 2007 letter to the Attorney General, Director Leonard had questioned the OVP's refusal since 2003 to submit to normal oversight. He was following up on a complaint (pdf) filed with ISOO by the Federation of American Scientists, which was also forwarded to the Attorney General.

The OVP's position is not consistent with a "plain text reading" of the executive order, Mr. Leonard wrote (pdf) to the Attorney General at that time.

Be that as it may, the President's intention is that the Office of Vice President should not be considered an "agency" for purposes of oversight, Steven G. Bradbury of the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel wrote to Mr. Leonard on July 20, 2007 on behalf of the Attorney General. He cited another letter ((pdf) to that effect from White House counsel Fred Fielding.

much more(plus links) at:
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2007/12/vice_presidents_office_is_not.html

[Horse with no Name]

1. Yet nobody is on board with Kucinich

Cheney is a malignancy on this country that needs to be removed.

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[bobthedrummer]

3. Domestic enemies of The United States of America-occupy the OVP

and The White House...

[bdamomma]

20. when will WE THE PEOPLE realize we do have the power

to rid this country of this vermin.

[Rex]

4. And yet all the DC Belt Creatures run about and behave

like this is NORMAL and NATURAL.

Idiots, you all are going to get us killed!

FOOLS.

[kestrel91316]

5. Bush answers to no one. Cheney answers to no one. And the Dems sit

on their hands, dutifully keeping their powder dry.

[Horse with no Name]

6. The reason they sit on their hands

Is because their fingerprints are all over the cookie jar too.

[mod mom]

16. UFB! Will this ever end?

[lpbk2713]

7. Fair enough. If that's how they want it.

So take away their funding. Now.

[jimshoes]

8. If that isn't the biggest "FUCK YOU" to congress

in all of American history, I don't know what is.

[L. Coyote]

9. To the Nation and to History, GFY

Just like to Senator Leahy on the Senate floor.

[Richard Steele]

10. Grrrecommended

[texpatriot2004]

11. Impeach Cheney First. nm

[underpants]

12. It's like some sort of gaseous energy never taking shape or form

So it is never accountable to the laws of man or nature
:eyes:

[Solly Mack]

13. Oh well. We wouldn't want to hold them accountable or anything

Might divide America. Might hurt someone's feelings. Might make someone look bad.

Let's just sit in this nice warm soothing pot of water and wait until it's all over...soon, all the bad will end and a new era will dawn...we'll be served up a new beginning






(on a platter)



yes, those are cooked frogs

[tekisui]

14. Impeach the Bastards Already.

[lonestarnot]

15. Only that metal piece inside his chest needs oversight doncha know.

[simmonsj811]

17. K&R

:wtf: :argh: :kick:

[lonestarnot]

21. and kick again!

[spanone]

18. these motherfuckers grow bolder every day.....IMPEACH N O W

[bdamomma]

19. they will continue unless someone stops them.

[Nikki Stone1]

22. Ah, Cheney redefines the VP's office once again....

We gotta pass an amendment making the executive branch open to oversight

[magellan]

23. Great, I get to ask again...what will be done about it?

I remember reading about this earlier in the year. Abuse of power...Smacks of an impeachable offense to me.

[butterfly77]

24. K&R