Kerry Asks Cheney to Explain His Latest Effort to Shield His Office from Scrutiny

As the pressure builds on Dick Cheney today, Senator John Kerry today wrote to David Addington, the Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and asked for details about why Cheney believes that he is not subject to agency scrutiny? Addington recently claimed that Cheney does not consider himself part of the executive branch of government, according to National Archives officials. Instead Dick Cheney believes he's a 4th branch of the U.S. government. Kerry, obviously outraged by Cheney's claims said:

“It comes as no surprise that the ‘imperial president’ and his vice president are once again trying to dodge scrutiny with a ridiculous claim that Dick Cheney is not part of the executive branch of government. This is an unprecedented break with hundreds of years of history, and undermines the integrity of executive power and the Executive Order as an institution.”

The text of the letter to Addington is here: Kerry Asks Cheney to Explain His Latest Effort to Shield His Office from Scrutiny