The US Constitution allows the President the ability to use executive privilege. Example: President George Washington used executive privilege to prevent Congress to receiving paperwork from the U.S. Army loss to the American Indians at the Battle of Wabash. To withhold information, is the President’s absolute power to preserve national security interests. Example: President Dwight D. Eisenhower stopped Senator Joseph McCarthy’s committee access to transcripts between Army officials and administration officials associated to the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954. The administration argued that the executive branch required to be able to have outspoken exchanges when discussing important issues. The controversy should be resolved in the executive