The news element, DougR, is that Scully was just found guilty and told to return his pay. The article you read weeks ago was probably when he was charged by the GAO.

True, executive privilege does exist. But should it really be used to block an auditor from giving the correct cost estimates of a bill to Congress? Or to protect someone who knowingly lied to Congress in order to pass a piece of pet legislation?

I don't think even YOU would argue that, DougR!