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Katie Couric's Notebook: Cheney Crossing The Line?
Anchor Wonders If Past Administration Should Give New Time Breathing Room


Did former Vice President Dick Cheney cross the line when he said the Obama administration has made America less safe in the brief time they've been in office?

I asked the new Attorney General, Eric Holder, about that in an exclusive interview.

He stopped short of calling the comments inappropriate. But he did say he respects President Bush for providing a period of silence as this new team formulates policy on tough topics like Guantanamo Bay.

Politics is a rough and tumble sport. After all, then Senator Joe Biden called Mr. Cheney the worst vice president in history when he was out on the campaign trail.

These barbs sound more like the rhetoric of radio talk show hosts than elder statesman.

We should never shy away from insightful criticism. And in the white hot spotlight of the presidency a fair amount of back seat driving simply comes with the territory.

But it's fair to give the new kids on the block a chance to get their learner's permits first.

That's a page from my notebook.

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Are you ever annoyed when you read or hear a news report that quotes a “senior administration official?”

Do you wonder why the reporter can know who the person is, but not you?

Part of that practice is on trial in the Scooter Libby case, where reporters had to reveal their behind-the-scenes relationships with sources.

Now, I can understand why the source who came to be known as “Deep Throat” didn’t want his name made public.

But can it get any sillier than when a high-ranking U.S. official holds a news conference with a group of reporters but insists that he not be identified by name.

That happened this week aboard Air Force Two as Vice President Cheney headed home from a round-the-world trip that included unannounced stops in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

A “senior official” on the plane chatted with reporters about the trip, and you don’t need a Masters Degree in Political Science to figure out who reporters were talking to...

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