Cheney: Having It Both Ways

The following is a quote from the full story by Michael Roston of The Raw Story.

Weeks after claiming that it was not a part of the executive branch, the Office of Vice President Dick Cheney appears to be readying an independent assertion of executive privilege.

The move emerged in an exchange of letters with the Senate Judiciary Committee, which granted an extension for the White House to comply with a subpoena on documents related to President George W. Bush's domestic spying program.

Counsel to the Vice President Shannen Coffin appeared to imply that Cheney's office may assert executive privilege after it finishes reviewing documents that are responsive to the committee's subpoena. The documents are due today.

The Vice President is acting well outside the bounds set by the Constitution. His actions threaten the Republic in very profound ways, striking at the very heart of our democracy. He must be stopped.

18 July 2007