Across the board, the vice president’s office goes to unusual lengths to avoid transparency. 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. 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. Cheney is refusing to observe an executive order on the handling of national security secrets, and he proposed to abolish a federal office that insisted on auditing his compliance.

From a Washington Post Article

The sheer gall and pomposity of the man is frightening. Even more frightening are the citizens who voted for him.

Although the argument that Cheney’s counsel makes leads to an interesting impeachment charge; that Bush is allowing “Top Secret” materials to be passed to someone who isn’t a part of the government. Of course, the downside is that if Bush is impeached and convicted, Cheney is then the President.