{"id":2334,"date":"2007-06-27T09:35:29","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T15:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2017-05-21T02:17:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T08:17:34","slug":"top-aide-argues-vice-president-not-subject-to-executive-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/top-aide-argues-vice-president-not-subject-to-executive-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Aide Argues Vice President Not Subject to Executive Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/285352.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/285352.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Vice President Cheney&#8217;s office offered its first public written explanation yesterday for its refusal to comply with an executive order regulating the handling of classified material, arguing that the order makes clear that the vice president is not subject to the oversight system it creates for federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170120124215\/http:\/\/projects.washingtonpost.com\/congress\/members\/K000148\/\">Sen. John F. Kerry<\/a> (D-Mass.), Cheney Chief of Staff David S. Addington wrote that the order treats the vice president the same as the president and distinguishes them both from &#8220;agencies&#8221; subject to the oversight provisions of the executive order.<\/p>\n<p>Addington did not cite specific language in the executive order supporting this view, and a Cheney spokeswoman could not point to such language last night. But spokeswoman Lee Anne McBride said the intent of the order, as expressed by White House officials in recent days, was &#8220;not for the VP to be separated from the president on this reporting requirement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/06\/26\/AR2007062602052.html\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post Vice President Cheney&#8217;s office offered its first public written explanation yesterday for its refusal to comply with an executive order regulating the handling of classified material, arguing that the order makes clear that the vice president is not subject to the oversight system it creates for federal agencies. 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