
The letter from VP Cheney's lawyer to the Secret Service: Don't retain anything
Submitted by crew on 30 May 2007 - 10:51am.
Dick Cheney Secret Service
Here's the letter that Vice President Cheney's lawyer sent to the Secret Service:
an important document
Submitted by Anonymous on 30 May 2007 - 12:42pm.
that cannot be read nor printed.
Needs to be re-done more legibly.
Thank You
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Letter Vioaltes Statute: Not Up To Cheney, But Archivist
It is legal fiction for Cheney to argue that these are Presidential records: There's a different statute for VP Records; and an important caveat: Unlike Presidential rcords, VP records can be disclosed when the archivist -- not Cheney -- sees a public benefit.
Addington appears to have neglected to review the statute.
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Records "subject to records Act" means the records are _public_ documents, not private records: "the Archivist may, when the Archivist determines that it is in the public interest, enter into an agreement for the deposit of Vice-Presidential records in a non-Federal archival depository."
Cheney cannot claimn that these are "Presidential" records, when 42 USC 2207 makes an exception that gives the archivist, not the Vice President, the discretion of what records to disclose to the public. It is legal fiction for Cheney to argue that his records are the same as Presidential records: They are not; they are covered by different statutes, and there are different exceptions which do not allow Cheney to hide everything.
The Vice President may also not hide anything in a "separate" repository to go around the archivists' review: "Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the establishment of separate archival depositories for such Vice-Presidential records.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode44/usc_sec_44_00002207----000-.html
Cheney's invoking a statute that doesn't immunize/shield documents, but requires that they be retained as _public_ documents: Official records.
If you read the Iran-Contra minority report, and compare the citations closely with the caselaw cited, you'll see what Addington did then as he's doing now: Twisting the words to do exactly the _oppsite_ of the intent.
Let's get Addington disbarred, and Cheney prosecuted outside impeachment by any of the State Attorney Generals.