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Bush Seeks Secrecy For Pardon Discussions
Washington Post ^
| Tuesday, August 27, 2002
| By George Lardner Jr.
Posted on 08/27/2002 11:22:19 AM PDT by USA21
President Bush's lawyers are trying to keep secret the inside stories of President Bill Clinton's last-day pardons by invoking a claim of executive privilege that extends far beyond the White House.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; markrich; pardon; secret
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posted on
08/27/2002 11:22:19 AM PDT
by
USA21
To: USA21; HAL9000
Bush's lawyers say it covers officials in any part of the government who are asked for input about pardon requests.
so, what is the "official capacity" of roger clinton and hugh rodham?
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posted on
08/27/2002 11:37:01 AM PDT
by
thinden
To: USA21
bump
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posted on
08/27/2002 11:48:54 AM PDT
by
oldvike
To: USA21
Good thing Gore wasn't elected, I'm sure he would try to hide all this information. He probably wouldn't even have tried to prosecute any criminal activity in the Clinton administration.
To: thinden
This puts the Justice Department in an impossible position - conducting a grand jury investigation of the Clinton pardons, while asserting executive privilege on evidence against the Clinton pardons.
Ashcroft should turn the investigation of the Clinton pardons over to a Special Counsel who can operate independently and challenge the scope of executive privilege when necessary.
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posted on
08/27/2002 12:09:21 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: USA21
To: USA21
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posted on
08/27/2002 12:28:26 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
To: USA21
President Bush's lawyers are trying to keep secret the inside stories of President Bill Clinton's last-day pardons by invoking a claim of executive privilege that extends far beyond the White House. IOW, both sides cover for each other because both are knee-deep in corruption, and if GW decided to buck the system, well, stories would conveniently surface again about the Bush-Cocaine connection.
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posted on
08/27/2002 12:34:51 PM PDT
by
FreeTally
To: USA21
Why ???. is Bush still covering for Clinton?
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posted on
08/27/2002 12:37:17 PM PDT
by
arly
To: arly
Why ???. is Bush still covering for Clinton? It's a professional courtesy, you see. He covers for the Rats now and the Rats cover for him later.
This is called "bipartisanship".
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posted on
08/27/2002 12:40:21 PM PDT
by
freeeee
To: freeeee
And I used to think they worked for us.
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posted on
08/27/2002 1:26:43 PM PDT
by
Tymesup
To: USA21
This is really strange.America has an absolute right to know and if it trashes clinton in the process,SO WHAT!
To: Tymesup
How many years ago was that thought line functioning?
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posted on
08/27/2002 4:35:31 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
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