Impeach Cheney

In case anyone hasn't noticed, there are criminals and conspirators in power in our highest offices. As much as we all despise Bush, he's actually just a puppet. He's there to distract us, and ultimately to take the fall if their power grab ever backfires.

Congressmen Kucinich and Wexler are trying to bring Impeachment hearings against Dick Cheney. Sign Wexler's impeachment petition and Do-It-Yourself-Impeachment are great sites for those wishing to make their voices heard and get the ball rolling on Impeachment.

Not sure why you'd want to take part? Read Kucinich's supporting documents explaining impeachment for yourself, or watch that Zeitgeist film. Both do a good job of illustrating that Dick Cheney is a liar who continues to abuse the powers of his office for personal gain.

Here's some excerpts from a recent article called Challenging Cheney by Michael Isikoff / Newsweek. It tells the tale of a specific way Cheney is blatantly violating the law to hide his actions from the National Archive's Information Security Oversight Office.

J. William Leonard learned the hard way the perils of questioning Vice President Dick Cheney. The veteran National Archives official challenged claims by the Office of Vice President (OVP) to be exempt from federal rules governing classified information. His efforts touched off a firestorm—and a counter-strike by Cheney's chief of staff, David Addington, who tried to wipe out Leonard's job.
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NEWSWEEK: Explain how all this happened.
Leonard: Up until 2002, OVP [office of the Vice President] was just like any other agency. Subsequent to that, they stopped reporting to us…At first, I took that to be, 'we're too busy.' Then we routinely attempted to do a review of the OVP and it was at that point in time it was articulated back to me that: 'well they weren't really subject to our reviews.' I didn't agree with it.
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What rules were they saying didn't apply to them?
The ones that tell you how you mark [classified documents], how you declassify, how you safeguard them, how you store…

Basically, Cheney has secrets he doesn't want the American people to ever reach with a Freedom of Information Act Request, so he's declared his own office exempt from National Archives scrutiny. He has no authority to do so. The crux of Cheney's defense is "I work for both the Executive and the Legislative Branches, therefore my office is immune to laws that regulate either the Executive or Legislative branches." Does that make sense to anyone?