On which principle did george w. bush base his refusal to respond to a subpoena about a leak of confidential white house information?

his constitutional rights

executive privilege

historical precedent

presidential confidentiality

The correct answer is B) executive privilege.

Georg W. Bush based his refusal to respond to a subpoena about a leak of confidential White House information.

On July 16, 2008, President George W. Bush used his executive privilege in a case of leaking information that was being investigated by the FBI. Attorney General Micahel Mukasey ordered a subpoena but President Georg W. Bush based his refusal to respond to a subpoena about a leak of confidential White House information. The FBI was investigating a report that had the interview that had Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald had with Vice President Richard B. Cheney.

use wikipedia, i think they have this.