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Expanding claim of executive authority, White House official tells paper staff can’t be charged

John Byrne

A senior Bush Administration official unveiled a new strategy in Friday’s Washington Post — anonymously — to combat Democrats in Congress who are clamoring to file contempt charges against officials who refuse to talk about the firings of nine US prosecutors.

In sum, this strategy amounts to, “once we say no, we can’t be charged.”

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