VP

Cheney's office is refusing to recognize the Senate's subpoenas on the grounds that the Vice President is not part of the executive branch. Seriously.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/white-house-lets-leahys-deadline-pass-2007-08-20.html

"Cheney's lawyers first crafted the argument to bolster his lack of compliance with an executive order on the safeguarding of classified information, a tactic that backfired amid Democratic anger and derisive jokes on late-night talk shows. Yet Cheney counsel Shannen Coffin wrote to Leahy on Monday that "the issuance of the subpoena to this office was procedurally irregular" because the judiciary panel only authorized Leahy to issue summonses to the Executive Office of the President (EOP) and the Justice Department.

"Leahy dryly noted that the White House website currently lists the vice president as a part of the EOP, also distributing copies of a 1978 executive order that describes the vice president as part of the EOP.

"Telling Coffin to look at the White House website "may seem too glib an answer," Leahy told reporters. "My answer would be look at the law. But these are people that don't look at the law very often..""