Yet again, the Bush administration has blocked a request for documentation from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (chaired by Dem. Henry Waxman - CA). The latest request from the committee pertained to internal FBI documents that had information regarding the investigation into the leaking of Valerie Plame’s identity. According to Atty. General Michael Mukasey, some of the reports contain summaries of conversations between President Bush and his aides, which are covered by executive privilege. Mukasey stated that he “is greatly concerned about the chilling effect that compliance with the committee’s subpoena would have on future White House deliberations…”

I suppose that Atty. Gen. Mukasey has a point, perhaps if these conversations were not protected by executive privilege our chief executive and his staff wouldn’t be able to hide behind the constitution while laying out the details of illegal acts. Maybe it’s just me, but I’m ready for there to be a little more accountability in our political process, especially in terms of back door dealings involving Washington insiders (regardless of which side of the aisle they’re sitting on.)

Perhaps I am the one who’s wrong here, maybe we should allow our government to keep us entirely in the dark, yet, if they get to tap my phone for no apparent reason, shouldn’t I get to listen in on their conversations as well? I’m not the one doing anything illegal.