Waxman to Gonzales: So, Is the Veep in the Exec. Branch? | Talking Points Memo

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) continues his full-court press on Dick Cheney’s claims to be exempt from oversight on how his office handles classified information. In a just-released letter (pdf) to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Waxman — joined by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) and rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO) — asks after the status of a DOJ review requested by the head of the Archives’ Information Security Oversight Office in January to settle the matter of whether the vice presidency resides in the executive branch:


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