Bush Claims Executive Privilege on Subpoenas

Washington Post by Michael Abramowitz, Amy Goldstein | Jun. 29, 2007 (News Report)

The White House invoked executive privilege yesterday in withholding subpoenaed documents on fired U.S. attorneys out of confidence that it can prevail in court and weather a political storm by blaming Congress for overreaching, administration officials said.

White House counsel Fred F. Fielding said in a letter to the chairmen of the Senate and House judiciary committees that President Bush will not make available the requested documents or ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The country's most overreaching president ever wants to blame Congress for overreaching? The president does not have a prerogative to corrupt his constitutional duties. If prosecutor firings were part of a conspiracy to cage voters and destroy democracy, it seems there might be justification for digging in Cheney's pampers. The article tends to over-echo administration talking points.

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