Fish Nor Fowl

Froomkin tackles Cheney's absurdist arguments that he's not answerable to pretty much anybody cuz he's neither really executive or truly legislative, but unique (I'll grant the unique part and murmur 'thank ya, Jesus!') He gives us the money quote from Waxman:

Henry Waxman, the Democratic chairman of the Oversight Committee, begs to differ, and wrote a letter to Cheney this morning saying so.

"Your office may have the worst record in the executive branch for safeguarding classified information," Waxman wrote, noting the recent conviction of former vice presidential chief of staff I Lewis "Scooter" Libby for obstructing justice by lying about his role in disclosing the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame.

"Given this record, serious questions can be raised about both the legality and the advisability of exempting your office from the rules that apply to all other executive branch officials."