Deal Showcases Need to Fix Executive Privilege

• By Emily Berman
• Special to Roll Call
• March 16, 2009, Midnight

The deal reached Wednesday between former Bush administration aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers and the House committee investigating the allegedly politicized firings of several U.S. attorneys has been hailed by legislators as a victory for the rule of law, the Constitution and the American people. And in many ways, that’s true.