Clinton objected to questions about contacts Potts had with the FBI since he began working for the firm, Investigative Group International, because it would force Potts to reveal privileged communications he had with the president's lawyers.
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Abrams argues that the victim's contacting a rape counselor before reporting the incident to police " should not provide the reason for being forced to disclose her privileged communications with a counsellor she turns to for advice ."
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And third, I indicated that, in deciding whether to assert privilege, we have historically sought to distinguish the substance of advisory and deliberative discussions from segregable facts, not available elsewhere, that may be contained in otherwise privileged communications.
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President Clinton's lawyers objected to questions about contacts Potts had with the FBI since he began working for the firm, Investigative Group International, because it would force Potts to reveal privileged communications he had with the president's lawyers.
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It also lists as exemptions information that might endanger a person's life or safety, such as medical records, bank deposits, and other information considered as privileged communication in legal proceedings by law or by the rules of court.
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In a corridor conversation with reporters, Annan confirmed the existence of the letter but declined to discuss it . " This is a privileged communication, " he said . " I don't have a habit of discussing privileged communications.
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The right to privacy does not prohibit the communication of any matter, though in its nature private, when the publication is made under circumstances which would render it a privileged communication according to the law of slander and libel.
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In a corridor conversation with reporters, Annan confirmed the existence of the letter but declined to discuss it . " This is a privileged communication, " he said . " I don't have a habit of discussing privileged communications.
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Ashcroft has allowed the FBI to listen in on privileged communications between attorneys and their detained clients, has ordered interviews with young Middle Eastern men visiting the United States and has backed military tribunals to try noncitizens accused of terrorism.
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Does it strike anyone as odd or unseemly that the media in this country haven't spent two seconds agonizing over the propriety of publishing this information, which, at best, is the product of privileged communication between attorneys and their client?
