Admission Of Guilt?

Dick Cheney claimed yesterday that he has the authority to declassify information, in other words, it's not a leak when he does it because he's allowed to do it. From ABC News:

But in the interview, Cheney said an executive order gives him, and President Bush, power to declassify information.

"I have certainly advocated declassification. I have participated in declassification decisions," Cheney said. Asked for details, he said, "I don't want to get into that. There's an executive order that specifies who has classification authority, and obviously it focuses first and foremost on the president, but also includes the vice president."

This certainly may be true, but it is still no excuse for outing a CIA agent for political reasons. It might not be illegal, but it certainly weakens our national security, especially when that agent was working on Iran's nuclear capabilities. That would be a nice thing to have right now, don't you think?

Cheney is basically saying, "I'll do want I want, and if you don't like it, fuck off." Unfortunately, we probably have to accept it for two more years.

Now, as a result of Cheney's poor handling of his trigger happy adventure, talk is starting to forment about his possible resignation. It isn't going to happen, and it shouldn't. As much as most of us want to see Cheney, and Karl Rove for that matter, tossed out on their collectively fat asses, it would probably be a bad thing for the country. We can't leave tard boy alone at the wheel. God knows what kind of shape we'd be in if that happened.

Also, think about this. Given Bush's recent appointments to key government positions, who knows what kind of nitwits would replace them.