Bush effectively told Congress to go to hell.

"...There's nothing new there. Even when Republicans were in control on Capitol Hill, Bush's hallmark was a jaunty disregard for the legislative branch. And he's hardly the first President to claim the privilege..."

"..."The White House is taking a strong stand on this to convince the Senate that they are deadly serious about protecting private conversations between the President and his staff," says Ken Duberstein, who was Reagan's chief of staff in his second term..."

Sorry, but since when should there be private conversations between public servants?



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