don't make an american president cannot keep conversations like this privilege? >> allowing people like congress -- or the courts to overcome executive privilege would really strike a dagger in the heart of the american presidency. this is a power which presidents from george washington on have claimed and used. the supreme court said in 1973-1974, that the very height of executive privilege would be when president need to protect diplomatic, national security, military law enforcement information. this isn't just some minor use of executive privilege so the president can tell jokes or kick things around with his advisors. this is what the courts and presidents of said dell might have said is the height of data power and executive privilege, protecting the president's ability to communicate and discuss what foreign nations and resident advisors are most important policy secrets. there is no justification where