{"id":4226,"date":"2007-12-12T11:05:19","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T17:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4226"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:47:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:47:25","slug":"vice-presidents-office-is-not-required-to-submit-to-normal-oversight-information-security-oversight-office-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/vice-presidents-office-is-not-required-to-submit-to-normal-oversight-information-security-oversight-office-told\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President&#8217;s Office Is Not Required to Submit to Normal Oversight, Information Security Oversight Office Told"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/cheney1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/cheney1.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>David Swanson, Afterdowningstreet.org<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Vice President is not an &#8220;agency&#8221; for purposes of the executive order on classification and therefore its classification and declassification activity no longer need be reported to the Information Security Oversight Office, the Justice Department finally informed ISOO Director Bill Leonard in a <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080705082653\/http:\/\/emptywheel.firedoglake.com\/files\/28\/files\/\/2007\/12\/eos-7-20-07-doj-to-leonard.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><font color=\"#3399cc\">newly disclosed letter<\/font><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a January 9, 2007 letter to the Attorney General, Director Leonard had questioned the OVP&#8217;s refusal since 2003 to submit to normal oversight. He was following up on a complaint filed with ISOO by the Federation of American Scientists, which was also forwarded to the Attorney General.<\/p>\n<p>The OVP&#8217;s position is not consistent with a &#8220;plain text reading&#8221; of the executive order, Mr. Leonard wrote to the Attorney General at that time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterdowningstreet.org\/?q=node\/29324\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Swanson, Afterdowningstreet.org The Office of the Vice President is not an &#8220;agency&#8221; for purposes of the executive order on classification and therefore its classification and declassification activity no longer need be reported to the Information Security Oversight Office, the Justice Department finally informed ISOO Director Bill Leonard in a newly disclosed letter. 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