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On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
Executive privilege was used as a stonewall, and frankly they didn't care whether the theories were true or not.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse argues that executive privilege was misused to avoid accountability.

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