Cheney Reveals He Has Secret Powers

WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Dick Cheney disclosed Wednesday that
he has the power to declassify sensitive government information, authority
that could set up a criminal defense for his former chief of staff, I.
Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

Cheney’s disclosure comes a week after reports that Libby testified under
oath he was authorized by superiors in 2003 to disclose highly sensitive
prewar information to reporters.

But in an interview on Fox News Channel, Cheney said there is an executive
order that gives the vice president, along with the president, the authority
to declassify information.

from AP News

An executive order, huh? That would be an order from the Cheif Executive.So
the President endowed himself with this power, and Cheney, too. A sort
of Power Sui Generis…..