Evidently, Mr. Clinton wants to shield virtually any communications that take place within the White House compound on the theory that all such talk contributes in some way, shape or form to the continuing success and harmony of an administration. Taken to its logical extreme, that position would make it impossible for citizens to hold a chief executive accountable for anything. He would have a constitutional right to cover up.
Chances are that the courts will hurl such a claim out, but it will take time.
One gets the impression that Team Clinton values its survival more than most people want justice and thus will delay without qualm. But as the clock ticks, the public's faith in Mr. Clinton will ebb away for a simple reason: Most of us want no part of a president who is cynical enough to use the majesty of his office to evade the one thing he is sworn to uphold -- the rule of law.
The author? Tony Snow. Wonder if anybody in the press room will call him on it.
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mike weber (2:27 AM on Wed Apr 4, 2007)
Personally, i'm just waiting till someone in the Current Ruling Junta In Washington DC forgets the script and accuses the Iranians of torturing their British prisoners to get them to "confess" and "apologise"... Not that i have any doubt that the Brits in question are not, in fact, enjoying a sunny afternoon in the park, but Bush Minor and his thugs quite neatly threw away any right they might have head to the moral high fround in such a case a while ago...