Monday, July 2, 2012 | 2 a.m.
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George W. Bush invoked executive privilege six times: 1. Block Congress from documents regarding Boston mob informants and Bill Clinton’s fundraising tactics, 2. Conceal who was at Vice President Dick Cheney’s 2001 energy-policy meetings, 3. Block Harriet Miers’s subpoena to Karl Rove regarding federal prosecutor firings, 4. Conceal from Congress Cheney’s FBI interview about Valerie Plame’s outing, 5. Block subpoenas of EPA documents about California’s reducing greenhouse gases and overriding scientific recommendations on ozone standards, and 6. Hinder the investigation of harsh interrogation tactics.
Neither Rove nor Rep. Darrell Issa ever apparently complained then, but they’re both complaining now.
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