Well, it looks like the Cheney story is worse than we thought. He’s claiming he’s also a member of the legislative branch, and that’s the basis for his exemption from the records act.
Which will be spun by White House “legal experts” as a valid argument and the corporate media will no doubt go along. Fair and balanced, don’t you know:
The story is making its way around the internet that Cheney has said he is not a part of the executive branch. Hard as it is to believe, the real story is much worse. His office is quoted as saying that because he is a member of the both executive and the legislative branches, he is therefore not required to reply to a request by the National Archives for it comply with record keeping laws regarding the executive branch. The quote from the letter in question is “…the OVB spokesperson indicated, ‘This has been reviewed and it’s been determined that the reporting requirement does not apply to The Office of the Vice President, which has both legislative and executive functions.’”
UPDATE: Apparently it’s not even really news. Digby has much more.
