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spanone

(135,791 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 09:30 AM Jun 2012

for perspective....The Bush administration invoked executive privilege on six occasions.

On August 1, 2007, Bush invoked the privilege for the fourth time in little over a month, this time rejecting a subpoena for Karl Rove. The subpoena would have required the
President's Senior Advisor to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a probe over fired federal prosecutors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_privilege#George_W._Bush_administration


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for perspective....The Bush administration invoked executive privilege on six occasions. (Original Post) spanone Jun 2012 OP
But - IOKIYAR. Game, set and match. nt COLGATE4 Jun 2012 #1
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