"The mystique of inside information—"if you only knew what we know"—was a most effective way to defend the national-security monopoly and prevent democratic control of foreign policy . . .
The power to leak meant the power to tell the people what it served the government’s purpose that they should know . . .
The power to withhold and the power to leak led on inexorably to the power to lie. The secrecy system instilled in the executive branch the idea that foreign policy was no one’s business save its own, and the uncontrolled secrecy made it easy for lying to become routine."
-Arthur Schlesinger, The Imperial Presidency, 1973
Which of the following scenarios provides the best justification for an expansive interpretation of presidential power?
A. The popularity of the president compared to the popularity of Congress
B. The inconsistency of judicial interpretations of the Constitution
C. The rapid response necessary after a threat of nuclear war
D. The Congressional deadlock resulting from hyper-partisanship