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Old 07-17-08, 10:02 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: Bush claims privilege to withhold CIA leak records

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Originally Posted by Orius View Post
I find it ironic that a past President was impeeched for an interoffice affair, while this one has done more than enough to warrant his own trial. Obstruction of justice, to name one.

Executive Privilege can not be overruled unless the prosecutor can prove that the testimony is pertinent to proving a crime but since no crime even occurred due to the fact that Plame's name had been leaked long before Bush was in office that will be quite impossible.

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