George W. Bush Refuses to Allow Legal Authorities to Examine Documents Related to Past Mistakes

Never in the history of the United States-not even during the administration of Richard M. Nixon-has a White House made claims of executive privilege in order to protect their dirty secrets from sending them to jail with the frequency that has taken place during the years that the White House has been occupied by George W. Bush. Executive privilege exists in order to protect matters of national security from being made public; it remains to be explained how the fact that Alberto Gonzalez was ordered by Karl Rove to fire a US Attorney so that one of his buffet buddies could take the guy's place is a matter of urgent national security. You may think that George W. Bush's steadfast refusal to play by the rules is something that he inherited from the King of Secrets, your Vice President, Dick Cheney. You would be wrong to assume that.