MB Civic

By David Broder | Thursday, June 28, 2007 | The Washington Post

In his grab of executive power, Cheney has used unprecedented levels of secrecy to bypass controls that he himself put in place during his years as Gerald Ford’s chief of staff.

“…It was not illegal, and it was not unconstitutional, but it could not have happened unless the president permitted it and enabled it. And ultimately the president is responsible for what has become, in very large respect, the resulting wreckage of foreign policy, national security policy, budget policy, energy policy and environmental policy under Cheney’s direction and on Cheney’s watch.”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/27/AR2007062702234_pf.html