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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (225405)	2/6/2002 4:08:57 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Well, for one thing, the industry persons spoken to were not part of a task force. It does not fall directly under the language of the sunshine law, in any event. That is not the point at issue. What is at issue is how far the Congress can subpoena working papers of the executive branch, a matter which is ill- defined. Let's see if I can find something clarifying on the matter of Executive Privilege......

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (225405)	2/6/2002 4:14:28 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

encyclopedia.com executive privilege, exemption of the executive branch of government, or its officers, from having to give evidence, specifically, in U.S. law, the exemption of the president from disclosing information to congressional inquiries or the judiciary. Claims of executive privilege are usually invoked to protect confidential military or diplomatic operations or to protect the private discussions and debates of the president with close aides. Efforts by various presidents since Eisenhower to gain absolute and unqualified privilege have been rejected by the courts, though they remain inclined to support most claims of executive privilege. Where criminal charges are being brought against a president, as in the case of Richard Nixon, the claims of executive privilege are weakest; during the process leading to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, numerous claims made by the White House were dropped when it was clear courts would not uphold them.