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White House invokes privilege in spy cases

I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. The Bush administration can't justify its illegal activities, so they are invoking executive privilege claiming that the matter affects national security. Given the track record of this administration, I have a very difficult time believing them. Besides, it's not worth sacrificing civil liberties for the sake of a false sense of security. What is so important that they can't share with the rest of the country, the country that they are governing, the country that elected them to power, the country that they are spying on? They do not have to give up sensitive information about the whereabouts of any terrorists. The do not even have to tell us exactly how they are collecting the information. Just give some justification of legality, some precedent that doesn't come from totalitarian regimes of the past. The fact that Bush is invoking executive privilege indicates to me that he is attempting to make the issue go away instead of facing the nation and honestly answering our questions. A fling with an intern nearly got Bill Clinton impeached, but holding prisoners without justification and now illegally spying on American citizens has done nothing more create a buzz. Where are our perogatives? I suppose the alternative should Bush be impeached is reason enough not to do it.