mark: why is that important. animously that in order for the president to carry on the article to function of serving as our chief magistrate, he has to be able to have the advice, and the confidence of those around him just as a judge has to be able to depend on his or her law clerks, and for that conversation between the judge in a law clerk or between nancy pelosi and her general counsel, that has to remain confidential in order for there to be a full advice to be able to say this is our best judgment, the president gets to protect those proof is present of late. mark: this isn't new, it's not a secret, separation of powers, executive privilege, conflict between the branches, it's gone on with democrats and republicans and so forth