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22-06-07, 19:35
• Agency head says Dick Cheney's office contends it's exempt from oversight order
• Vice president's office tried to get oversight agency abolished, Democrat says
• Vice president's office criticized for secrecy before
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney's office refused to cooperate with an agency that oversees classified documents, then tried to abolish the office when it challenged the actions, House oversight committee Chairman Henry Waxman said.
The National Archives' Information Security Oversight Office is charged by presidential order with ensuring that classified information and documents are properly handled by executive branch agencies.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/22/cheney.documents/index.html
• Vice president's office tried to get oversight agency abolished, Democrat says
• Vice president's office criticized for secrecy before
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney's office refused to cooperate with an agency that oversees classified documents, then tried to abolish the office when it challenged the actions, House oversight committee Chairman Henry Waxman said.
The National Archives' Information Security Oversight Office is charged by presidential order with ensuring that classified information and documents are properly handled by executive branch agencies.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/22/cheney.documents/index.html