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The documents from post february 4 was reason the attorneyien was held in contempt. the i.g. said it needs to be made public. >> bret: now that the i.g. report is finished do you expect justice to come forward with the 74,000 documents you requested? there is still an issue of executive privilege. >> there are many documents referred to or used in the report in which they chose to have no exective privilege. the i.g. was allowed to use them. that is wrong. we're happy that the i.g. has access. the i.g. has gone through areas he has to do more work. needs more information. example is over at th...

Paperwork. our top story, jay carney is vigorously defending president obama invoking executive privilege regarding some documents in "fast and furious" probe. house speaker john boehner vowed to push the full house to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress next week. chief washington correspondent james rosen looks at how this president's use of executive privilege compares with another much more famous case. >> on capitol hill -- >> there is no coverup here there is no 20 minutes of a tape that has been wiped out. >> and at the white house -- >> do you think that didn'...

The administration would be best served by coming clean on this. >> it's hard to tell how logically, politically, realistically, constitutionally the president could do this. it's like saying i'm king. >> bret: well, then senator obama and senator reid back in 2007 commenting on the bush administration. invoking the exective privilege. back then about a u.s. attorney investigation. we're back with the panel. bill, those sound bites are striking now. >> they are. not the first time that president obama is doing something as senator he thought was unconscionable and how could you do that? i supp...

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Personally. by your calling the attorney general a liar. the house will vote to hold the attorney general in contempt next week. they said if he turns over the document between now an then, they will give the committee time hoping to resolve the matter. >> a few moments ago we had word grassley sent a letter to the white house. what can you tell us about that? >> he is asking president obama to better define the parameters if you will of the exective privilege he is claiming. i interviewed senator grassily earlier today. he has been on this for 18 months now. at the very beginning of this inve...