Comments on: Vice President’s Office is Not an Agency, ISOO Told http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2007/12/vice_presidents_office_is_not_.html Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Thu, 24 May 2012 10:04:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tony Hollick http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2007/12/vice_presidents_office_is_not_.html/comment-page-1#comment-927 Tony Hollick Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:43:53 +0000 http://fasweb.beacontec.com/blog/secrecy/2007/12/vice_presidents_office_is_not_.html#comment-927 It would seem from the flow of events, that the VPO is presently the center of the Executive Branch, with Dick Cheney as the de facto President. Clearly, Cheney has learned a thing or two from the aptly--named "Criminal Justice System", whose staff routinely violate the Constitutional rghts of inmates, only to respond: "If you don't like it, sue us." Both President Bush and Vice-President Cheney swore a solemn oath to uphold the Constitution. Yet, in spirit and in letter, they are plainly trying to destroy it. And it seems that -- as the Republicans sink in the polls -- only another "9/11" can rescue them. If Rudy Giuliani becomes the Republican candidate, we may be fairly sure that another "9/11" _will_ 'conveniently' occur, with "Iron Rudy" posturing atop a mountain of dead First Responders, on his way to the polls. This cannot be allowed to happen. It would seem from the flow of events, that the VPO is presently the center of the Executive Branch, with Dick Cheney as the de facto President. Clearly, Cheney has learned a thing or two from the aptly–named “Criminal Justice System”, whose staff routinely violate the Constitutional rghts of inmates, only to respond: “If you don’t like it, sue us.”

Both President Bush and Vice-President Cheney swore a solemn oath to uphold the Constitution. Yet, in spirit and in letter, they are plainly trying to destroy it.

And it seems that — as the Republicans sink in the polls — only another “9/11″ can rescue them. If Rudy Giuliani becomes the Republican candidate, we may be fairly sure that another “9/11″ _will_ ‘conveniently’ occur, with “Iron Rudy” posturing atop a mountain of dead First Responders, on his way to the polls. This cannot be allowed to happen.

]]> By: Rob Race http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2007/12/vice_presidents_office_is_not_.html/comment-page-1#comment-926 Rob Race Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:00:08 +0000 http://fasweb.beacontec.com/blog/secrecy/2007/12/vice_presidents_office_is_not_.html#comment-926 If the EO regarding declassification had defined "Agency" as: "Agency" means any "Executive agency," as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105. and just stopped at that point, then it could conceivably be understood what the President's position is. But, when the remainder of the definition of "Agency" includes this: "...and any other entity within the executive branch that comes into the possession of classified information." then that doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room for semantics. I'm not sure what part of "... and any other entity within the executive branch ..." allows exclusion of the OVP. If the EO regarding declassification had defined “Agency” as:

“Agency” means any “Executive agency,” as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105.

and just stopped at that point, then it could conceivably be understood what the President’s position is. But, when the remainder of the definition of “Agency” includes this:

“…and any other entity within the executive branch that comes into the possession of classified information.”

then that doesn’t leave a lot of wiggle room for semantics. I’m not sure what part of “… and any other entity within the executive branch …” allows exclusion of the OVP.

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