Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 05, 2007
July 04, 2007
July 06, 2007
Transcript:
Dick Cheney: Let me be clear, as chief of the black branch, I am not answerable to either the executive or legislative branch! Reporter: Then why do you always claim executive privilege, sir? Cheney: We have legal opinions that explain that contradiction. Reporter: Classified, by any chance? Cheney: My shirt size is classified. Legal opinions require extreme security! Reporter: How extreme? Cheney: After they're written, the reporters are burn-bagged.
I think Bob Dylan sang about this in “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”: “I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin’…”