Okay, so help me with this folks, cause I'm beginning to feel disoriented as if I had passed thru some Looking Glass into Bizarro World:
Cheney needs to be shielded from Daily Show
Tired of waving the national security flag, Obama administration lawyers are apparently trying another tactic to get the courts to back Bush administration arguments which never worked to prevent the release of critical documents. Forget Qaeda or North Korea, late night hosts who tell jokes are why the government should retain its secrets.
The level of intellectual preposterosity exhibited by Eric Holder's Department of Injustice is causing seismic gyrations on the nation's Truth-o-Meter:
The Washington Post reports:
"A federal judge yesterday sharply questioned an assertion by the Obama administration that former Vice President Richard B. Cheney’s statements to a special prosecutor about the Valerie Plame case must be kept secret, partly so they do not become fodder for Cheney’s political enemies or late-night commentary on The Daily Show,"
I'm sorry, our taxpayer dollars are paying for these idiots to spout this gibberish before a Federal judge? Oh, it gets better . . .
AP says:
Justice Department lawyers told the judge that future presidents and vice presidents may not cooperate with criminal investigations if they know what they say could become available to their political opponents and late-night comics who would ridicule them.
Well, gosh, I'm convinced. Let's not look into possible criminality or perjury by Dick-fucking-Cheney because someone might make fun oh him on late-night TV . . . AND let's make sure the American people don't know what Cheney told investigators about the Valerie Plame incident that wound up with Scooter Libby being convicted of a felony because . . . . ? ? ? . . . we just can't handle the Truth???
Is there ANYTHING the American people SHOULD be allowed to know . . . or are we simply to operate on the pronouncements emitted daily from Washington D.C.?