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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
....it sounds like some sort of Private Practice/Boston Legal episode wherein there's wrangling, blocks, counters, etc. Of course I'm of the opinion that life is always more interesting and imaginative than fiction ever seems to be.
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all the more reason for Congress and the next President to not simply "let it rest" and "move on."
There is far too much at stake (with the exec privilege issue as well as other issues still under Congressional review - eg, destruction of millions of e-mails, just to name one "minor" issue) in terms of precedent of expanded powers of the Executive branch....and it will certainly be more interesting and imaginative than any fiction!
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
The AG should be somehow outside of this in some way. I never did understand how the AG was part of the executive branch since it's an appointed and confirmed position.
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IMO, the Dept of Justice (and the AG) is appropriately in the Executive Branch.
What is inappropriate is how under the Bush administration, the AGs (Ashcroft, Gonzales, Mukasey) have each acted (on more than one occasion) more as an attorney representing the interests of the WH rather than
"enforcing the law and defending the interests of the United States according to the law..." as is its mandate.