Obama Admin Cites Separation of Powers to Protect Social Secretary From Testifying

This has been quite a week for the O, between his widely panned speech, alienation of the left and right by his Afghanistan dithering, as well as his announcement of a make believe jobs summit. I would say rounding out the week having to put a veil of secrecy over a freaking state dinner party is just perfect:

The White House on Wednesday invoked the separation of powers to keep Desiree Rogers, President Obama’s social secretary, from testifying on Capitol Hill about how a couple of aspiring reality television show celebrities crashed a state dinner for the prime minister of India last week.

“I think you know that, based on separation of powers, staff here don’t go to testify in front of Congress,’’ Mr. Obama’s press secretary, Robert Gibbs, told reporters during his regular briefing. “She won’t — she will not be testifying in front of Congress.’

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Mr. Gibbs also said the flap over the unauthorized intruders has prompted the White House to change its procedures; from now on, a representative of the social secretary’s office will be stationed at Secret Service checkpoints for major social events in case questions arise. The White House deputy chief of staff, Jim Messina, conducted a review and issued a directive to the staff.

“After reviewing our actions, it is clear that the White House did not do everything we could have done to assist the United States Secret Service in ensuring that only invited guests enter the complex,’’ Mr. Messina wrote in the memo, posted on the White House web site late Wednesday afternoon. “White House staff were walking back and forth outside between the check points helping guests and were available to the Secret Service throughout the evening, but clearly we can do more, and we will do more.’’

Feel the transparency! By the way as the Executive branch they have every right to protect their turf from Congress but over such an issue as party crashers? This reminds me a lot like the Scare Force One disaster, something I still think never fully was reported on.