Liberalgeek blogged this yesterday, but my take is saddness.
It is sad to me that my Republican friends* care so little about our history and traditions that they can, even today, they can defend Bush’s illegal and unAmerican eavesdropping operations on the grounds that it promotes “security”.
Now it is official: Bush has told Congress (ie you & me) to get lost over those subpeonas:
President Bush, moving toward a constitutional showdown with Congress, asserted executive privilege Thursday and rejected lawmakers’ demands for documents that could shed light on the firings of federal prosecutors.
Bush’s attorney told Congress the White House would not turn over subpoenaed documents for former presidential counsel Harriet Miers and former political director Sara Taylor.
I think at this point we can all agree that the Bush Administration is interested in “security” only as a word that can be used for PR purposes in their drive to create and consolidate extra-constitutional powers for the President and Vice President.
*TPN being the exception.