If necessary, he can invoke ancient privilege and use the Sword!
President Clinton invoked executive privilege in refusing to hand over the document.
A court should "explore other avenues short of forcing the executive to invoke privilege," he said.
Neri later invoked executive privilege in response to some Senators' questions.
We did not have one instance in which the President invoked executive privilege.
The President tried but failed to invoke attorney-client privilege to block his testimony.
President Bush has invoked executive privilege relatively infrequently, at least by name, legal scholars said.
We made a real pitch that he shouldn't invoke privilege, and he seemed to agree with us.
The Bush administration invoked executive privilege on six occasions.
The issue of when a President may invoke executive privilege has a long but vague legal history.