Bill Clinton: “I think what it argues is--what the Secret Service argues is that the institution of the Presidency would be affected…”

“I think what it argues is--what the Secret Service argues is that the institution of the Presidency would be affected because the President, for example, would feel that conversations in the limousine going to and from places and other things that he might do in the future that have every right to be kept confidential would be subject to questioning. And even if there was nothing unlawful about them, they would then be leaked, even if leaking is illegal. And certainly, they have lots of evidence to support that worry. I mean, as I understand it, that's their argument. However, I have had no conversations with them about it. And I think, again, I should not comment on it. They are making a case about the institution of the Presidency. President Bush has said that he agrees with them, and you might ask other former Presidents what they think. But it's the--the Secret Service has made this decision on its own; I am not involved with it. And I think that that's the way it ought to stay. Mr. Cannon [Carl Cannon, Baltimore Sun]. Clemency”