1.0 link 119821 <![CDATA[New Justice Department Push To Keep Bush Aides From Testifying]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/murray-waas/new-justice-department-pu_b_119821.html The Justice Department filed papers in court late Monday asking a federal judge to temporarily set aside his own order directing White House officials to testify before Congress about the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.

The filing was in response to a July 31 opinion by U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates that the Bush administration's claims of executive privilege in refusing to allow White House officials to testify about the firings was "unprecedented" and "entirely unsupported by existing case...

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