If This Turns Out To Be True Then He Is The Anti-Bush

This is a pretty striking for a president to say:

Going forward, anytime the American people want to know something that I or a former president wants to withhold, we will have to consult with the Attorney General and the white house counsel, whose business it is to ensure compliance with the rule of law. Information will not be withheld just because I say so; it will be withheld because a separate authority believes my request is well-grounded in the Constitution. Let me say it as simply as I can: transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.

Obama said it yesterday when he was signing his first executive orders regarding transparency and ethics rules. I think someone should ask both him and AG Eric Holder what they each think about executive priviledge. It will most probably arise at some point and that, it seems to me, will be a key test of the new transparency.