{"id":806,"date":"2007-03-22T15:24:45","date_gmt":"2007-03-22T21:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=806"},"modified":"2017-06-06T04:59:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T10:59:58","slug":"cnn-executive-privilege-legitimate-claim-or-blocking-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/cnn-executive-privilege-legitimate-claim-or-blocking-move\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CNN: Executive privilege: Legitimate claim or blocking move?<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Bill Mears &#8211; CNN Washington Bureau<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/storybushtuegi1.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/storybushtuegi.thumbnail1.jpg\" alt=\"storybushtuegi.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nWASHINGTON (CNN) &#8212; Whether for treaties, treason, political cover-up, extramarital sex, energy panels or U.S. attorneys, the legal claim of executive privilege has been invoked often in American politics over the past two centuries.<\/p>\n<p>In some circumstances, executive privilege allows the president and other executive branch officials to avoid giving certain kinds of information, records or testimony to Congress, courts, or private parties.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congress has the power of the subpoena, and if they issue them (subpoenas) seeking to put officials under oath, then the president can claim executive privilege,&#8221; said Edward Lazarus, a legal analyst and author of a book on the Supreme Court, &#8220;Closed Chambers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/index3.html\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Bill Mears &#8211; CNN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON (CNN) &#8212; Whether for treaties, treason, political cover-up, extramarital sex, energy panels or U.S. attorneys, the legal claim of executive privilege has been invoked often in American politics over the past two centuries. 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