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Originally posted by Q5echo because everyone involved has testified under oath more than enough times in the seven investigations regarding this matter.

That doesn't answer why Bush is invoking Exec. Priv., Q.

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Kessinger did everything he could, including lie, to make sure it did not get above him. Executive Priviledge is NOT the real issue here.

Then why was it invoked in the first place by Bush?

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if you can't implicate the top man (Rumsfeld) then there is no need to pursue violating executive priviledge

It should NOT have been invoked in the first place. Again you're not answering why it was invoked.

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other than to put the President in a position to refuse it and subsequently embarass him. which is exactly what Waxman is doing.

The reason why Bush is invoking Exec. Priv. and why we're having an investigation is NOT Waxman's fault. Waxman is trying to get to the bottom of an obvious cover-up by our President who's invoking Exec. Priv. on ONE MAN'S DEATH. One freakin' soldier in battle who died from friendly fire but yet we were told something entirely different at first.

What's the reason for Executive Privilege, Q.? Why does Bush feel a necessity to invoke it in the first place? You're completely sidestepping that question altogether.

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