The Nation - News from April 29, 1986
In what would represent a significant expansion of the doctrine of executive privilege, the Justice Department has told President Reagan that he must support former President Richard M. Nixon’s claim of such privilege in Nixon’s attempt to block the National Archives from releasing more than 2 million pages of his presidential papers this summer. The House Government Operations subcommittee on government information, which plans hearings on the issue today, provided a copy of the opinion.
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