White House unwilling to release Roberts docs

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration does not intend to release all memos and others documents written by Supreme Court nominee John Roberts during his tenure with two Republican administrations, a White House representative said Sunday.\nFred D. Thompson, the former Tennessee senator who is guiding Roberts through the nomination process on behalf of the White House, said material that would come under attorney-client privilege would be withheld.\nHe said previous administrations, both Republican and Democrat, have followed that principle.\nA leading Senate Democrat disputed the assertion that privacy was at stake and called such a position a "red herring."\nAttorney General Alberto Gonzales said requests for documents would be considered on a case-by-case basis from the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will consider the nomination.\n"There is often an accommodation that is reached with respect to requests for information, and I suspect that's going to happen in this case," Gonzales said on "Fox News Sunday."\nThe committee has yet to make a request. But some Democrats, including Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, have urged the White House to release such documents "in their entirety"