Can't Report Anything Anymore

This is how unaccountable the current administration has become.

the Washington Post has been suing the Bush administration for access to vice president Cheney's visitor logs. A couple weeks ago, a judge ordered the Secret Service (which keeps the logs) to release them -- or explain why, under current law, certain portions could be withheld.

this is how the Justice lawyers describe the apocalyptic result of releasing Cheney's visitor logs: "Disclosure. . . could reveal an ever-expanding mosaic that would allow observers to chart the course of vice presidential contacts and deliberations in unprecedented fashion."

Now I'm no lawyer, however, I don't believe you need to be a lawyer to understand that what the Justice Dept lawyers are saying is not workable, UNLESS, the executive branch is no longer going to answer to anyone, which could be where we have arrrived.

This thinking says we can't know ANYTHING about ANYBODY in the executive because any tidbit of knowledge, put together with other tidbits would make it possible to "..chart.....deliberations...in unprecedented fashion." Hell, that's the job description(at least, used to be) of journalists. Well, sorry guys, you just can't report on anything. We're sorry, it's just too dangerous. Charting and all.