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In the death of hundreds of people including possibly the death of an american border patrol agent. this assertion by the white house came in response to a letter that darrell issa, the chairman of the house overnight committee, in issa's letter he alleged this administration is asserting a coverup. writing your privilege assertion means one of two things. either you or your most senior advisers were involved in managing operation fast & furious including the false february 4, 2011 letter provided about it attorney general to our committee or you are asserting a presidential power you know to ...

Contempt of congress. the letter stateses "your privilege assertion means one of two things. either you or your most senior advisers were involved in managing operation fast and furious and the fallout from it or you are asserting a presidential power that you know to be unjustified solely for the purpose of further obstructing a congressional investigation." joining me now is democratic congressman jerry connolly of virginia. he is on the house committee on oversight and government reform. congressman it is good to have you here this morning. as you're hearing about what's in that letter what...

Latest updates on this topic from reliable sources.

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Lead council in a state secrets case. all right, professor, i'm glad you could be with us. does this case merit a state secret privilege? >> well, i have to say, i find it questionable. because the indication really raises a very simple and threshold issue, and that is, can the president of the united states on his own authority simply say, i'm going to kill this citizen? now, obviously the administration has some very good reasons to want to capture him. but to do a targeted assassination of a citizen without any due process raises obvious concerns. but really before we get to that, the probl...