led to the previous a.g. having to resign and michael mukasey decided to put back in place those old rules. those old post-watergate rules. so starting in 2007 the white house went back to the old post-watergate rules. they reestablished the principle in the white house can't just get in on fbi and justice department investigations willy-nilly anymore. they reinstated that old strict limitation that only those top four people, the president, the vice president, president's counsel and that counsel's deputy, those four people only can make a call to the justice department about an ongoing investigation. they made carveouts for national security and stuff but in general they reinstated that rule because of the scandal that they had only just barely survived and that some prominent members of the george w. bush administration did not survive. but i think it's fair to say they also reinstated that rule because it was plainly the right thing to do. it's such a serious thing. it's such a fundamental thing in terms of who we are as a country
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