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Old Apr 29th, 2008, 12:35 PM       
Cheney lawyer claims Congress has no authority over vice-president

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Tuesday April 29 2008. It was last updated at 03:37 on April 29 2008.

The lawyer for US vice-president Dick Cheney claimed today that the Congress lacks any authority to examine his behaviour on the job.
The exception claimed by Cheney's counsel came in response to requests from congressional Democrats that David Addington, the vice-president's chief of staff, testify about his involvement in the approval of interrogation tactics used at Guantanamo Bay.
Ruling out voluntary cooperation by Addington, Cheney lawyer Kathryn Wheelbarger said Cheney's conduct is "not within the [congressional] committee's power of inquiry".
"Congress lacks the constitutional power to regulate by law what a vice-president communicates in the performance of the vice president's official duties, or what a vice president recommends that a president communicate," Wheelbarger wrote to senior aides on Capitol Hill.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008...dickcheney.usa
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