They do work for us and she did not say otherwise, IMHO. She is referring to the separation of powers and to the Constitutional principle that the three branches are co-equals. Under the Constitution, Congress cannot usurp the Executive branch's authority in certain areas. Whether the White House counsel has correctly applied that principle to these facts might be debatable, but the principle is fundamentally sound.We don't know that to be the case. We don't know whether both parties are playing politics on this one. Issa is probably under significant pressure to come up with at least one scandal before November 2012.