The executive branch
executive privilege
A President's claimed right to withhold certain communications from Congress or the courts, so advisers can speak candidly. It is not absolute and is not in the Constitution.
In full
The Supreme Court recognized a qualified privilege in United States v. Nixon (1974) while ordering the tapes produced, holding that a generalized interest in confidentiality yields to a specific need for evidence in a criminal case. The privilege is strongest for direct presidential communications and military or diplomatic secrets, weakest for routine agency material, and it belongs to the office rather than the person.
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