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The House plans to file a lawsuit early this week challenging the assertion of executive privilege to shield White House officials from congressional subpoenas. Under the command of a new leader, veteran litigator Irv Nathan, the General Counsel's Office will try to make the case that testimony from White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers is critical to the investigation into the firing of nine U.S. Attorneys, outweighing the Bush administration's privacy.