I can see why cabinet members, security staff, technical and legal experts etc. working close to the President should enjoy blanket executive privilege, but why political advisers? Political advice per se might be protected by immunity, but these allegations point to actually making policy and administering executive power. Rove is in a consulting role, not an agency chief or bureaucrat. His power comes from his influence on his superiors, not statutory or elected mandate. If the political advisor is actually on the phone telling officials who to hire and fire, or directing the President to do this by providing hit lists, he might technically be well within his rights, but the people are within their rights to know about it.

Normally, I might have let this slide, but after watching Senor Gonzalez rope-a-doping his way through the Congressional hearings on C-Span, I'm convinced something really wicked is going on.