Back in April of 2006 the Boston Globe reported that President Bush had issued more than 750 so-called signing statements since the beginning of his tenure. As the Globe reported then:


Well, last night when President Bush signed the 2008 defense authorization bill, he singled out four of the bill's 2,887 sections which may "impose requirements that could inhibit the President's ability to carry out his constitutional obligations...protect national security"... etc. The President will comply with these sections "in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President."

One of the four, of course, was the Commission on Wartime Contracting intended to investigate the now-legendary waste, fraud and abuse of the contracting process during what was to be the reconstruction of Iraq.

So, good citizens, rest assured that our President will not comply with any requirements of this investigation of his administration's mishandling of contracting in Iraq that will inhibit his ability to protect our national security, or rather give comfort to our enemies. I know I feel safe in the knowledge we may never find out how Halliburton keeps getting open-ended contracts in spite of their performance.