http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
In the White House Press briefing that just concluded, press secretary Tony Snow said that he was not aware of the president being briefed on the US Attorney issue. He further said the president did not sign off on the firings.
CNN's Ed Henry hit the nail on the head: if no conversations occurred with the president, and no advice was given, then how can the White House assert executive privilege, claiming the need to shield presidential advice?
Tony Snow's response: "That's an intriguing question."
Darn straight it's an intriguing question! What the heck are they protecting if there exists no presidential advice on the issue?
This is self-explanatory and really needs no long-winded analysis; quite plainly, Tony Snow has just fundamentally trashed the entire Bush argument for executive privilege here.
Here is this same item as mentioned over on Atrios:
http://atrios.blogspot.com/...
I think that this is a HUGE talking point!