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A Democratic insider's call for a new presidential secrecy power

Matt Miller of the Center for American Progress wants to crush one of the few remaining means by which Americans learn about their government: disclosure by presidential aides

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  • Sunday, December 7, 2008 08:36 AM

    Miller shopped this in 1999

    A classic from the archive (March 1999) brought to mind by Scott McClellan's current choices

    As bombs fall in Belgrade and George Stephanopoulus' memoir hits number one on bestseller lists, President Clinton has to be wondering who in the room is taking notes for the next kiss-and-tell....But the political pre-nup could become Stephanopoulus' legacy....Its routine adoption, even by politicians whose secrets seem unmarketable, could represent the establishment's late but lasting verdict on Stephanopoulus' crime.

    It went over so well then, he wrote it again!

    Huffington Post http://tinyurl.com/4rdwae

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