Cheney Won't Turn Over Documents

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Being a high-ranking government official shouldn't mean that you get to make up your own rules. That should go without saying, particularly after Nixon, and his infamous quote, "when the President does it, that means it is not illegal"

I don't care what your political allegiances are, this has simply got to stop. If you don't agree, can you explain why you feel that way?

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Cheney has warrantless wiretapping documents, won't turn them over

Vice President Dick Cheney's office has in its possession more than 50 documents related to a congressional investigation of the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program, but Cheney's lawyer on Monday refused to hand over the documents in response to a subpoena.

In a letter sent to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the vice president's lawyer, Shannen W. Coffin, identified dozens of presidential authorizations of the program and Justice Department memos on its legal justifications in Cheney's possession. Coffin refused to hand over the documents, citing a president's right to keep deliberations with his advisers private. . .

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