Even if confidentiality contributed more than a peppercorn to sound presidential advice, a presidential privilege would still be mischievous. It would enable the president to waive confidentiality for good or flattering information, but to withhold the bad and the ugly. A half-truth is another name for a lie.
The informing or sunshine function of Congress to facilitate self-government, in any event, should invariably trump presidential confidentiality.
Bruce Fein is daydreaming. He wants our government to inform us about what they're doing behind closed doors.
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