Broader Privilege Claimed In Firings – WaPo (7/20/07):

Bush administration officials unveiled a bold new assertion of executive authority yesterday in the dispute over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys, saying that the Justice Department will never be allowed to pursue contempt charges initiated by Congress against White House officials once the president has invoked executive privilege.

The argument that the White House did nothing wrong is now untenable. This is un-Constitutional on its face. These people are nothing more than criminals.

On the flip side, we’ll probably see a whole new round of stern letter writing.