President Bush invoked executive privilege Monday to deny requests by Congress for testimony from two former aides about the firings of federal prosecutors.
The White House, however, did offer again to make former counsel Harriet Miers and one-time political director Sara Taylor available for private, off-the-record interviews.
In a letter to the heads of the House and Senate Judiciary panels, White House counsel Fred Fielding insisted that Mr. Bush was acting in good faith and refused lawmakers' demand that the president explain the basis for invoking the privilege.
Bush does not understand the simplest things about our democracy. Congress makes the laws and President executes them. His position transcends neither the law nor existence. Executive privilege cannot be used as an excuse to prevent our government from properly functioning. Congress needs to hold Bush in contempt.
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