Obama’s Justice Department seeks embarrassment exception for Cheney, who is already an embarrassment

By GottaLaff

So the Nation of Dick lives up to his name, bashes the ObamAdministration, and is under investigation, but he gets rewarded? That is an embarrassment:

Arguing before Washington, D.C. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan, Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Smith said Tuesday that the court should not unseal Cheney’s interview with prosecutors during the Valerie Plame case because it could make future vice presidents hesitant to cooperate with investigations. He added that Cheney’s words could also be used for political embarrassment and must be kept under wraps until it can only be used in a “historical context.”

Smith has previously argued that the court should keep Cheney’s words secret because they may turn up on Comedy Central’s fake news program The Daily Show, embarrassing the former vice president.

We wouldn't want to inflict any more embarrassment on the Dick than he has to himself, now would we? So what if he committed a few felonies? Pffft.

Then again, there's nothing more unattractive than a red face in and orange uniform. Maybe this is all about fashion risks, Yeah, that must be it, because it makes about as much sense.

He asked the court to delay disclosure for 10 years from the day President George W. Bush left office.

“Sullivan sounded highly skeptical of the government’s arguments, but he said he had not decided how he would rule in the case [...]

The judge also complained that Obama’s Justice Department seemed to be asking him to create a vice presidential exception to the Freedom of Information Act — to legislate — “something courts can’t do,” he reportedly said.

“It sounds like Emmet Sullivan is not buying that argument–though he is also unwilling to just order the release of the interview without giving Obama’s DOJ an opportunity to waste more money protecting Cheney from embarrassment,” rattled blogger Marcy Wheeler.

Nothing worse than a "rattled blogger". I should know. I'm feeling a little rattled myself right about now.