Experts we’ve talked to think Obama’s executive order yesterday on presidential records could seriously impair former President Bush’s ability to assert executive privilege on his own — and may have an immediate impact on ongoing litigation where executive privilege has been raised, including in the House’s lawsuit to get White House records of the U.S. attorney firings.
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