Friday 20 July 2007

Non Executive Entity Cheney To Assert Executive Privilege

If this guy doesn't have the makings of a 21st Century Dictator then I don't know who has! If nothing else the man should be in the Guiness Book of World Records as the most hippocritical person in the history of humanity!


Three weeks ago it was revealed that for the past four years Dick Cheney's office has declared itself above the law by claiming it was not part of the executive branch, despite continuing to receive funding from the bill that funds the executive branch. Now letters out of Cheney's office indicate that it is to attempt to make an independent assertion of executive privilege, contradicting its previous statements and seemingly just making up the law as it goes along.

The implication was contained within a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee in relation to an extension, which has been granted, to comply with a subpoena on documents related to the NSA domestic spying program.

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