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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2001

President Bush is prepared to invoke executive privilege to keep secret documents Attorney General John Ashcroft doesn't want to release to a House committee.

White House officials told The Washington Post Bush backs keeping more than 12 sets of documents regarding the prosecution and handling of several high-profile cases. Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) plans to subpoena them today.

Burton has said Ashcroft is being hypocritical because Ashcroft sought the same type of records as a Senator.

Executive privilege is a presidential power but it has limits.

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