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Nixon invokeed executive privilege in march 1973 to reject lawmaker the hands for testimony by then white house counsel john dean, a key figure in the watergate coverup. sam erman threatened to send the sergeant at arms to arrest dean. jeff shepard was a young lawyer on nixson's legal team. >> there is the same bitter divisive partisan atmosphere in washington, that existed in watergate. >> i can't put myself in the president's mind. >> before long, dean turned state's evidence and became the hearing star witness leaving nixon and congress to clash again over access to the president secret tap...

Don't pocket superpacs. this week, obama campaign filed a complaint with the federal election commission demanding super pac crossroads gps disclose the donors. the campaign says crossroads is a political group. therefore, should report its donor list. crossroads fired back calling on the president to demand the same openness from liberal groups. conservatives also jumped on the timing of a call for more transparency, the same week the president invokeed executive privilege for the first time over the fast and furious documents. national review channeled its inner charles dickens joking it was...