Britt Hume - Hack

I know this is an obvious point and I'm a couple of days late, but I'm still astounded by Hume's complete inability to ask the obvious follow-up questions.

When Cheney got out his desired statement that he is authorized to declassify national security information, how the hell does Hume miss the obvious follow-up:

Did you declassify Valerie Plame's identity?

Hume asked the question about alcohol but in a way that allowed Cheney to spin the "I had a beer at lunch" line. Does that mean "only one" beer or did he have a beer and then five more or a cup of beer that was being refilled repeatedly. Knowing Cheney's penchant for parsing language to an excrutiating degree, was it too hard for Hume to ask:

How much alcohol did you consume on Saturday?

Then follow-up until you had a precise answer.

CNN's Jack Cafferty got it right. Hume interviewing Cheney is like Bonnie interviewing Clyde.