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Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:00 AM

A federal court rejects Bush's "executive privilege" claims

A Bush-appointed judge rules that the president's top aides do not have absolute immunity from responding to congressional subpoenas.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:34 AM

    What's not included.

    It's interesting to me that the Court disclaimed the possibility of requiring the Administration to develop a priv. log. Instead, they supposed to use Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 45 as a guide, which might make for a lower standard. They can just deny the existence of something if they don't have to put it on a priv. log.

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