Olbermann: Dick Cheney is a rogue nation.
posted by
Wally
9:05 AM
Olbermann discusses Cheney's assertion that he's outside of the Executive Branch, and therefore not beholden to any laws whatsoever, and how this might backfire for him. "If Mr. Cheney succeeded in legally carving himself out of the Executive Branch, would he not also necessarily abdicate many of the protections of that branch? The ones that have shielded him in this cone of silence?"
The President's (poll numbers) have sunk so low we learn today he cannot even run the Vice President. A Bush Executive Order commands everyone in the Executive Branch to report on handling of classified material, but Dick Cheney has not done so since 2002. Today the House Oversight Committee revealed that in 2004 the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) tried to inspect Cheney's office but was denied entry. In fact Cheney responded by trying to destroy ISOO.
Why the lack of cooperation? His office says "the reporting requirement does not apply to Cheney's office which has both legislative and executive functions." In other words, his functions outside the Executive Branch exempt him from oversight "by" the Executive Branch.
But if he's outside the Executive Branch, he's not a legislator and not a judge, there remains only one possible alternative: Vice President Dick Cheney is a rogue nation.
Despite the recent capture of his top lieutenant, Mr. Cheney continues to defy the rule of law, attempting to destroy ISOO, an office of the US government after all, and barring inspections in true Saddam style, leaving only one possible remedy.
Invade him. Classic K.O.
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