Dick Cheney: The Fourth Branch of Government

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Vice President Dick Cheney has asserted his office is not a part of the executive branch of the U.S. government, and therefore not bound by a presidential order governing the protection of classified information by government agencies, according to a new letter from Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., to Cheney.

that's some next level shit right there.

i don't know whether to be upset or applaud that magnificent bastard

[bluemonq]

If Cheney doesn't believe his office belongs to the Executive Branch, what part of the government does he think is? Legislative? Or judicial? Because there isn't another branch of Federal Government.

What part of
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected […]"
doesn't Cheney understand?