For example, only elders assert ecclesiastical privilege and confessional privilege.

And a lot of Americans are having a hard time understanding, why assert privilege if there's nothing to hide?

Asserting lawyer-client privilege, MP3.com has declined to disclose what the advice of its outside counsel was.

This was the fourth time the Clinton Administration asserted executive privilege in response to demands from Congress.

How much is Bush within his rights to assert executive privilege?

Because no order required their production, it was never necessary to assert executive privilege to protect them.

Unlike other disputes involving executive privilege, the president has never personally asserted privilege.

Mr. Clinton asserted executive privilege over the records that led him to release the prisoners.

The White House has also retained outside counsel to represent the President should he choose to assert executive privilege.

To assert executive privilege under such circumstances would stretch a vital constitutional protection beyond recognition.