By definition, Dick Cheney is about government secrecy before pretty much any particular work of specific evil. But with his on-going round of aggressive public appearances he not only seems to be inviting a public inquiry into Bush administration anti-constitutional practices — as in tempting fate — but actually inviting it — in the sense that he really seems to be pushing for it to happen. In his interview this weekend he seemed to say that he’d be happy to testify under oath about his torture policies. And intentionally or not, he’s the one moving the ball forward on the release of various classified documents detailing torture practices.
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