Cheney says he has the power to decide what is public record
By lilwonders
@lilwonders456 (8214)
United States
December 18, 2008 9:12pm CST
VP Cheney is saying he has the authority to decide what if any of records from his time as VP will be given to the public archives.
Cheney is currently being sued by the Citizen for Ethics and Responsibility for ALL of his records. They want all of them turned over the public archives.
What do you think should happen. Should all of the records wether business or personal (private) related be put into public archives?
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4 responses
@grandpa_lash (5225)
• Australia
19 Dec 08
I believe that all publicly elected officials should be subject to intense scrutiny after their term is run, and punished where appropriate. Of course, neither side of politics would ever take the risk of making this law, since they are all tarred with the same brush.
Lash
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
19 Dec 08
Yep I agree with you there. The democrats will not push this one because they have their own things they want to hide.
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@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
20 Dec 08
I think that anything that has to do with the job should be taken somewhere far away from him. But, I am sure that Cheney has already destroyed any evidence that could hurt him, or the president.
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
20 Dec 08
you are probly right. but I am sure every president and vp in history has done the same thing.
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@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
21 Dec 08
Atleast everyone after Nixon, they have all learned what happens in the White house, can come back to haunt you.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
19 Dec 08
Well, he isn't the first, ask Bill and Hillary why their records haven't been made public yet.
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
19 Dec 08
I agree with Shara. They want to turn over what htey want to turn over and let us see what they only want us to see.
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@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
19 Dec 08
I think all the records should be made public as the government has a duty to let people know and see what it has done. These people should be accountable for their actions and if the people cannot see the files how can they know the truth.
Of course he can also destroy them if he can get away with it or claim they are too secret to be shown but then the incoming administration has a right to see them.
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
19 Dec 08
I will watch and see what happens and how the court rules. But you are right. he could just distroy what he does not anyone to know about.
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