Jeffrey Feldman :

One of the principles we hold dear in the United States is freedom of the press--an idea Thomas Jefferson listed in his 1801 Inaugural Address as one of the basic concepts on which this nation was founded[..]

Dick Cheney, apparently, has no time for Jefferson.

In his press "availability," today--part of his surprise visit to Baghdad--the Vice President let it be known that there are rules he defines and that the press must follow. In other words, Dick Cheney believes in freedom of the press, so long as they do what he says.