Condoleezza Rice and Executive Privilege

[Matthew J. Franck]

Here's a link to the latest Gonzales letter, agreeing to Rice's testimony:
http://www.nationalreview.com/document/gonzales20040330.pdf

Matt
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Matthew J. Franck
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At 09:25 AM 3/30/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>         I can understand in principle arguments why she should not 
> testify in public, although those arguments are hard to maintain when she 
> is all over the press.  I cannot understand at all why if she testifies 
> in private, she cannot be under oath.  That seems to be explicitly 
> reserving the right to lie; it is hard to imagine any other function.
>
>         The local radio here reports that Matt Drudge reported today that 
> the Clinton Administration refused to let Richard Clarke testify to a 
> Congressional committee on Y2K in 1999, when he was National Security 
> Advisor, invoking executive privilege.  I have no idea what the 
> circumstances were, what the arguments were, or whether Drudge has the 
> facts right.  I think Clarke was on the National Security staff; I don't 
> think he was ever National Security Advisor.  That was Sandy Berger.
>
>
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