Quote Originally Posted by JoeT View Post
Is he protecting Holder? or himself?

I'd be willing to bet that somewhere on at least 1 piece of paper is "the one" giving his approval in the process, maybe even directing the process

^^^^ THIS ^^^^

In a letter sent to Obama late Tuesday, Holder urged Obama to exert executive privilege, because sharing internal documents with lawmakers could "have significant, damaging consequences.”

Sharing the documents “would inhibit candor of such Executive Branch deliberations in the future and significantly impair the Executive Branch’s ability to respond independently and effectively to congressional oversight,” Holder wrote to Obama.
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...IqV_story.html

The executive privilege won't protect Holder from the contempt of Congress vote... but hiding the documents behind Exec. Priv. will protect anyone in the WH that is named/addressed in them.

They should require him to legally change his name to "Eric Withholder"