Passing on Privilege
February 16, 2009
Obama needs to rethink Bush's claims against Congress.
On the heels of the congressional subpoena issued to Karl Rove on Jan. 26, the Obama administration must now weigh in on the controversial—and consequential—dispute about the scope of executive privilege.
Questions about the privilege and the president’s power to withhold information from Congress and the public arose in the context of the much discussed, highly politicized forced resignations of several U.S. attorneys at the close of 2006.
