ReillyT
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I see the same old "repeat the lie enough" is in play here.
Cheney NEVER said he was not part of the Executive branch. Provide source documents that he did.
What has been claimed is his office is NOT AN AGENCY as covered under the executive order. But hey don't let facts get in the way of a good lie.
Actually, you are pretty much wrong. Cheney first argued that the Executive Order did not apply to him because his was not an "Executive Office," due to the legislative functions of his office. The National Archives responded on two occasions, informing the OVP that they were interpreting this to mean that he did not consider the OVP as part of the Executive Branch, as defined by the order. The OVP did not respond.
Here are many cites. http://blogs.trb.com/news/politics/blog/2007/06/waxman_questions_legality_of_c.html
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3316434&page=1
http://www.slate.com/id/2169209/entry/2169210/ (This cite is best because it provides the actual source documents of correspondence from the NA to the OVP, one of which relays the prior discussions on the topic).
Only after this became a matter in the press did Cheney alter the rationale for preventing the NA audit to the argument that the OVP was not an agency within the meaning of the order. See actual June 26 letter from OVP at Slate site above.
However, even the argument that the OVP is not an Executive Agency is silly, as the Exec. Order states the definition of "Agency" as the following: "Agency" means any "Executive agency," as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105, and any other entity within the executive branch that comes into the possession of classified information."
Anyway, most importantly, Dickhead, if I was wrong about Cheney's rationale (which apparently, I was not), it would have been because I made a mistake, not because I am a liar.