White House invokes executive privilege on EPA investigation regarding California's vehicle emission

[Clovis Sangrail]

Source: LA Times

"I don't think we've had a situation like this since Richard Nixon was president," Rep. Henry A. Waxman said yesterday after the Bush administration invoked executive privilege to refuse to turn over subpoenaed documents in an investigation of the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to deny California permission to implement its own vehicle emission standards.

Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/06/white-house-inv.html

[jimshoes]

1. It's not our government, it's theirs, they took it

and they intend to keep it and "We The Peons" can all go piss up a rope for all they care.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Face it. This president believes he has the executive right to poison us

all, is he wanted to.

[kestrel91316]

3. Where's the legitimate national security issue here? Seriously.

Well, I guess they will just have to sigh and send him another strongly worded letter.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. Um, Richard Nixon? Well Waxman, watcha gonna do about it?

Can we impeach yet?

:sigh:

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Of course they do. The complete abject corruption started before

Bush was even inaugurated and the complete stonewall around their activities remains unassailed by our stalemated congress.

They are going to have to do a mountain of shredding between november and january.

[Phred42]

6. Why not? Who the hell is going to stop him?

No One!

[ladjf]

7. How could withholding documents about air standards possibly

be defined as executive privilege? CYA is actually what it is.