Cheney Admits He Has Secret Wiretap Documents

Vice President Dick Cheney will resist efforts by Congress to force him to produce dozens of documents relating to a warrantless wiretapping program conducted by the National Security Agency, the Washington Post reports. Cheney's counsel acknowledged for the first time yesterday that the vice president's office has documents relating to the controversial program.    

The Senate Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed them and other material relating to the controversial surveillance program that allowed the agency to monitor communication between the US and overseas without warrants. "I prefer cooperation to contempt," said committee chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont. "Right now, there's no question that they are in contempt of the valid order of the Congress." (More Senate Judiciary Committee stories.)