President George W.Bush argued that congressional efforts to block warrantless wiretapping were inappropriate because they involved too much congressional involvement with executive agencies.This argument was grounded in what novel conception of presidential power?

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The argument that congressional involvement in executive agencies was inappropriate because it violated the principle of the unitary executive, which holds that the president should have ultimate control over executive agencies without interference from other branches of government. This argument was used to justify the Bush administration's use of warrantless wiretapping as an intrinsic part of the president's power to protect national security.