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More executive privilege: Is this a democracy or a dictatorship?


Mary Shaw
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Today, as expected, Karl Rove ignored a subpoena from the Senate Judiciary Committee and was a no-show for today's hearings regarding the U.S. attorney firings. At the same time, Rove aide J. Scott Jennings did show up but refused to answer any questions. Bush says they don't have to answer. Executive privilege. Talk to the hand.

This "executive privilege" nonsense is getting old, and it's making me angry. This is clearly nothing more than the Bush administration telling the Senate (and, by extension, the American people) that the Bushies can do whatever they want, and that they don't have to account for any of it.

In other words, the White House is above the law.

It's been said that democracy requires a well-informed citizenry. But how can the citizenry be informed if the White House keeps everyone (and everything) in the dark?

Is this a democracy or a dictatorship?

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Mary Shaw is a Philadelphia-based writer and activist, with a focus on politics, human rights, and social justice. She is a former Philadelphia Area Coordinator for the Nobel-Prize-winning human rights group Amnesty International, and her views (more...)
 
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