Romney Defended Bush’s Invocation of Executive Privilege, Attacks Obama

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Romney Defended Bush’s Invocation of Executive Privilege, Attacks Obama
By Josh Israel on Jun 26, 2012 at 4:59 pm

When the Obama administration announced last week that it would invoke executive privilege and not release some documents related to the “Fast and Furious” operation, Mitt Romney’s campaign was quick to call the president a hypocrite. But in 2007, Romney endorsed a similar move by a Republican administration.

<..> But as Congress sought to compel President George W. Bush’s administration to allow Karl Rove and Harriet Miers to cooperate with an investigation into the U.S. Attorney’s scandal, Romney could not have been more forceful in his support for the executive privilege claim. Asked by a conservative radio show how whether he agreed with President Bush’s decision to simply ignore the subpoenas, Romney said:

Quote: Yeah, he’s got a responsibility to protect executive privilege. That’s just part of preserving the powers of the presidency… He should do what he thinks is the right thing with regards to members of his team but preserve executive privilege.

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/0...=pulsenews

Another monumental flip-flop by the lying Willard. You can bet he won't answer the questions on this one either!