Well, you learn something new every day. According to today's New York Times, Congress has the power to enforce subpoenas by jailing those who refuse to acknowledge them, including those claiming "executive privilege" over information held by the Executive Branch. How nice.
Clearly, given the responsibility to uphold the laws of the land and to investigate potential malfeasance, Congress should also have the right to flip off the Justice Department when it rolls over in favor of Executive duplicity.
As the article points out, it's a power equally vulnerable to abuse -- "all power corrupts" doncha know -- but given this administration's long history of claiming national security or executive privilege every five minutes as part of a blatant mandate to avoid all semblance of accountability, I'd say Go For It fellas. I'm sure the facilities in the Congressional Lock-up are a damn site better than Guantanamo, but given their age, I suspect a few days over the weekend would cause one or two Bush henchmen to reconsider.
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