Romney in 2007: Protect executive privilege
In 2007, when President George W. Bush invoked executive privilege in barring White House aides from testifying before Congress, he had an ally in Mitt Romney.
At the time, Mr. Bush had asserted executive privilege to block former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and other top officials from cooperating with Senate Democrats who were investigating the controversial firings of federal prosecutors.
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"Do you approve of President Bush's declaration that he will simply refuse these subpoenas that have been sent to Ms. Miers and Karl Rove," Hewitt asked.
"Yeah, he's got a responsibility to protect executive privilege. That's just part of preserving the powers of the presidency," Romney responded in the interview. "He should do what he thinks is the right thing with regards to members of his team but preserve executive privilege."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/26/romney-in-2007-protect-executive-privilege/
Romney Defended Bush’s Invocation of Executive Privilege, Attacks Obama
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/06/26/506831/romney-defended-bushs-invocation-of-executive-privilege-attacks-obama/
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The Bush administration asserted “deliberative process privilege” in that case — the same privilege being cited here for the Department of Justice “Fast and Furious” documents.
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