Cheney reflects the so-called unitary executuve Constitutional theory pushed by the Cheney-ites. I considered the "doctrine" absurd, BUT Bush and Cheney have salted the judiciary with judges that actually believe this. One of them is Judge Brett Kavanuagh of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit who is considered a major "star" in the judicial firmament. They are all over the judiciary which is one of the reasons the Republicans are stalling Obama judicial nominations--i.e., preserve right wing najorities on the Courts of Appeal so that they can rule against Obama programs. At its heart is the severe restriction of the Article I power of Congress. Do not ignore the rumblings about a legal challenge to health care reform as beyond Congressional power. The Roberts Supreme Court is rapidly restoring the "doctrines" that allowed it to declare child labor laws unconstitutional and much of the early New Deal. There are a few cases before the Supreme Court this term which will indicate if this extreme view has penetrated the Supreme Court--I fear it may be approaching majority status if it has not already. If this scares you, it should.

It makes for great intellectual debate to focus on the arguments devised by the neocons to justify their acts. However, Cheney and his cabal represent the continuation of a treasonous band operating across business and government lines, with the purpose of dominating this nation and, through it, the world. They have their roots historically in the nobility and the old class system: "noblesse oblige", if you will. Then the rise of the robber barons and the growing role of federal government provided the opportunity to combine economic and political power. Eisenhower perceived the threat late in his presidency and chose to warn our nation of the threat from the "military and industrial complex" as the theme of his last major address. Both Eisenhower and Kennedy faced a CIA that sought to manipulate foreign policy by acting independently of executive knowledge and oversight. This deadly struggle continues, and the recent setbacks experienced by the neocons may be only due to the unprecedented incompetence of the Bush II administration. Not only was the judiciary further seeded with the agents of autocracy, rather the entire executive branch is riddled with staffers who pledge allegiance not to their nation as a whole, but rather to a group and an ideology smaller than and more parochial than "with liberty and justice for all". Cheney, his comrades and their mindless minions are very ruthless and very dangerous. However much the neocons' constitutional arguments serve to justify their official acts, either in their own minds or to the public they seek to manipulate, the important point is that they seek power for privilege and they do not quibble about what means are employed to achieve these ends.

To sum it up, Cheney won't talk about anything because it's 'privileged' or had developed the "CRAFT Disease", even back then, for many of his other non-answers.
Well, we got rid of one and now we have another 'tricky Dick'!

One more brief question, Mr. Cheney:

"Do the orders still stand?"

http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/clock-stoppers/

BTW doesnt talking to someone ELSE break privilege? What an asshat.