This is not quite as big a win as it seems, because in addition toi the judge ordering DoJ to turn over  a list of documents from Fast and Furious, he also ordered that the docs remain confidential. You may recall that President Obama cited executive privilege in keeping the documents from Congress. The judge recognized that right by ordering Congress not to reveal their contents. Fox News: After Wednesday's court proceeding, Justice Department spokeswoman Emily Pierce said that "we are pleased the judge recognized that executive privilege includes a deliberative process beyond presidential communications" -- a point the department has been arguing in its dispute with Congress. In court papers, the Justice Department has said that if the courts were to reject a confidentiality claim, Congress could have unfettered access to all information from the executive branch of government aside from presidential communications. Such a development would be in...(Read Full Post)