WTF, Dick?

The WashPo has a story on the secretive doings of VP Cheney on today's front page. Here are five highlights (as selected by Slate's Roger McShane in his 'Today's Paper' column):

5. "In the usual business of interagency consultation, proposals and information flow into the vice president's office from around the government, but high-ranking White House officials said in interviews that almost nothing flows out."
4. "Man-size Mosler safes, used elsewhere in government for classified secrets, store the workaday business of the office of the vice president."
3. "Even talking points for reporters are sometimes stamped 'Treated As: Top Secret/SCI.' "
2. "Cheney declines to disclose the names or even the size of his staff, generally releases no public calendar and ordered the Secret Service to destroy his visitor logs."
1. "His general counsel has asserted that 'the vice presidency is a unique office that is neither a part of the executive branch nor a part of the legislative branch,' and is therefore exempt from rules governing either."

My favorite is No. 1--what does that mean anyway? His office is "exempt from rules governing" the executive and legislative branch? So, in effect, there are no rules for him (because he sure as hell doesn't fall under the judiciary)?! Even if everything he's doing is above board (which I doubt), just by conducting business in this way, he's drawn a tremendous amount of suspicion down on himself. Why? Because, he just doesn't give a fuck! I'm sure in his mind he can do whatever he wants because he alone knows what our country needs--fuck the common voter. We're all stupid and don't know what's good for us. We need him to make that decision for us. And, we certainly don't need to know about what's going on in our government. That would just make us more confused. Good thing we have Dick up there, watching out for us... and covering his ass in secrecy should he turn out to be wrong. (Ooops, he already has?)