Yes we know they're evil but

Let it never be said that they are not indeed ballsy.

Fitzgerald did not specify which superiors Libby may have been referring to when he testified that higher-ups had authorized him to spread sensitive information.

But in the interview, Cheney said an executive order gives him, and President Bush, power to declassify information.

"I have certainly advocated declassification. I have participated in declassification decisions," Cheney said. Asked for details, he said, "I don't want to get into that. There's an executive order that specifies who has classification authority, and obviously it focuses first and foremost on the president, but also includes the vice president."

Libby is not charged with leaking classified information, and his lawyers said last week that there was no truth to a published report that they had advised the court or prosecutors that Libby will raise a defense based on authorization by superiors.

A legal expert said Cheney's comments could nonetheless foreshadow a Libby defense.

Less brash administrations would let Libby be the fall guy in order to hide the fact that Cheney broke the law. But here you get Cheney preparing to step in and say, in effect, "Yeah so what? I am the law, motherfuckers!" Again... evil but in a way beautiful.