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executive privilege stories: 26 news summaries

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Nixon Library Ends Watergate Whitewash

Tears down Watergate room

Jul 8, 07 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Richard Nixon's library may be backing off its insistence that its honoree was not a crook. The private museum is poised to become a federal institution, and its new director is working to add some nuance to the fiercely pro-Nixon exhibits—starting with the Watergate room. "I can't run... More »

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Watergate • Richard Nixon • executive privilege • Nixon Library

Leahy Ready to Take White House to Court

Senator stands behind subpoenas in
US attorney probe

Jul 1, 07 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Leahy has a message for White House officials who object to subpoenas issued in the US attorney firing investigation: See you in court. The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman took the dispute over executive privilege to the airwaves today, saying, "If they don't cooperate, yes, I'll go that far"... More »

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Bush administration • US attorneys scandal • Senate Judiciary Committee • White House • Patrick Leahy • executive privilege • subpoena • George W. Bush

White House Stonewalls
on Subpoenas

Bush invokes executive privilege
in Senate probe of US attorney firings

Jun 28, 07 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House shot down attempts to subpoena internal documents concerning the US attorney firings today by invoking executive privilege. Though not a surprise, the refusal moved the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to accuse the administration of "Nixonian stonewalling." If the committee doesn't back down, the... More »

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Congress • US attorney • investigation • Senate Democrats • Senate Judiciary Committee • White House • Harriet Miers • House of Representatives • Fred Fielding • Sara M. Taylor • Patrick Leahy • executive privilege • subpoena • stonewall • scandal • George W. Bush

Domestic Spying Probe Reaches West Wing

Frustrated Senate committee doles out subpoenas

Jun 27, 07 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Leahy came out swinging against the Bush administration's "sweeping assertions of secrecy and privilege" today, issuing subpoenas to the White House, Dick Cheney's office, the Justice Department, and the NSC. The documents demanded by the Senate Judiciary Committee relate to the warrantless wiretapping of terrorism suspects and the... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Department of Justice • Senate • White House • Patrick Leahy • executive privilege • Judiciary Committee • subpoena • secrecy • NSC • warrantless wiretapping

Legal Battle Looms Over Domestic Spy Documents

Senate subpoenas; White House balks

Jun 22, 07 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - A showdown on the White House's warantless wiretapping program looms after the Senate Judiciary Committee authorized subpoenas for documents on the progam, and the administration said it had no plans to comply, claiming the material is classified and off limits. The president may invoke executive privilege to prevent the documents'... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • John Ashcroft • Senate Judiciary Committee • domestic intelligence • executive privilege • subpoena • spy • wiretap • warrantless wiretapping

Four Years of Rove E-mails
Go Missing

E-mails may have covered attorney firings

Apr 13, 07 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four years of emails from Karl Rove that are being sought in a congressional investigation are missing and may have been deleted by Rove himself, the Republican National Committee acknowledged yesterday. The RNC operates the server for non-official e-mail accounts Rove and other White House players use for political business;... More »

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Bush administration • US attorney • Karl Rove • politics • Congressional investigations • RNC • email • US attorneys scandal • executive privilege • scandal

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