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Originally Posted by djplong
A quick Google search and I didn't find what you must have been referring to, but I found plenty of references to attempts to do it before. One reference shows that Bill Clinton lost his effort to use executive privilege to prevent "senior aides" from testifying. Later in that reference [ http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:...&ct=clnk&gl=us ] they mention his (Clinton's) personal secretary WILL testify. Doesn't specifically mention if Clinton tried to cover the secretary with "E.P." |
"But Gibbs' justification for Rogers' absence — invoking the separation of powers — nonetheless raised some eyebrows among legal scholars. "I'd completely fall out of my chair if they invoked Executive privilege with regards to a social secretary arranging a party," said Mark J. Rozell, a public-policy professor at George Mason who recently wrote a book on Executive privilege. "There is no prohibition under separation of powers against White House staff going to Capitol Hill to talk about what they know."
http://www.time.com/time/politics/ar...rss-topstories
"Taking ANOTHER page from the Bush/Cheney administration, the Obama white house is abusing executive privilege, taking the claim to insanely unreasonable levels."
"This new claim for executive privilege is an outrage and must be challenged by congress. Unfortunately, the congress has allowed itself to become a weak, ineffective body. Thank Nancy Pelosi for that."
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Exe...91203-175.html
You will probably want to open this last link and read it as it also takes the Bush administration to task !!!
PS.....This is the
SOCIAL secretary !