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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (39883)7/22/2007 1:44:01 PM
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>>Clinton tried to use "executive privilege" to prevent prosecutors from questioning his aides during the Lewinsky affair.<<

Alastair -

Yes, Clinton did make some claims of Executive Privilege during his term of office. However, at no point did he declare that his claim of such privilege was not subject to review by any government agency. That claim has been made only once before, by the Reagan administration. In that case, the claim was not resolved by any court, because the documents that had been requested were turned over to Congress.

Also, in case you weren't aware of it, many of Clinton's aides did testify before Congress, on various matters. They did so on the record and under oath.

- Allen
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