Reading up on this whistleblower case on Trump’s promise, I’m beginning to think we need to codify the outer reaches of executive privilege. I doubt any president of either party would willingly sign a bill doing so, thus it’s going to require veto-proof majorities.

In explaining their position, ODNI has suggested there is a question of privilege. The agency wrote in a letter to lawmakers on September 13 the complaint “involves confidential and potentially privileged communications by persons outside the Intelligence Community.” The letter ends by noting the agency would work toward “protecting Executive Branch confidentiality interests.”

Because that sort of bullshit is incredibly dangerous.