1.0 link 73034 <![CDATA[Holding Them Accountable]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zoe-lofgren/holding-them-accountable_b_73034.html The Bush administration has taken historically unprecedented steps in its assertions of executive privilege and authority. For instance, the Vice President has fought over relatively modest requests to disclose information such as with whom he consulted when setting the Administration's energy policy. The Vice President's office, during a confrontation with the National Archives over executive branch records, even declared itself an entity outside of the executive branch with enhanced powers to resist the public's right to know about its actions.

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