Trump Team Disavows Request To ID Climate Staffers: 'Not Authorized'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published DECEMBER 14, 2016, 1:03 PM EDT

Donald Trump's transition team on Wednesday distanced itself from the questionnaire it sent to the Energy Department asking for a list of staffers and contractors who had been engaged in climate policy discussions.

"The questionnaire was not authorized or part of our standard protocol. The person who sent it has been properly counseled," an unnamed Trump transition official told CNN.

The Trump team sent a questionnaire to the Energy Department asking for a list of employees who had attended United Nations meetings on climate and those who attended meetings for the interagency working group on the social cost of carbon, a metric used by the Obama administration to determine the impact of reducing carbon pollution. The Trump team also asked which programs are "essential to meeting the goals of President Obama's Climate Action Plan."

The Energy Department rejected the request to list certain staffers this week, noting that employees were "unsettled" by the questionnaire.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-team-id-energy-staffers-not-authorized

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. meaning "damn, we got caught"

but the message was sent. mission accomplished.

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. They will drain the swamp of the scientists and the responsible government workers

and like George W Bush and Dick Cheney will at every level and department replace them with yes persons who will do whatever damage they are told to do.

We need to realize something, these people want to eliminate most of our government and all of our social safety net programs including Social Security and Medicare.

Right now my projection is they will indeed be successful. Unfortunately there is really nothing to stop them.

[mac56]

2. "Properly counseled"

[Wellstone ruled]

3. That means the Justice Department

made it known,they crossed the line and they were on the Jail House path.

[underpants]

5. May I add "standard protocol"?

They have a standard protocol?

[christx30]

16. It's wherever the dart lands on their

"How can I screw up this department?" target board.

[0rganism]

13. aka given a promotion and a raise

after all, that's the kind of proactive go-getter Trump wants on his inner circle

[TeamPooka]

19. no one will ever get fired for being deplorable in Trumpworld.

[bdamomma]

4. RESISTANCE

LOUD AND CLEAR...................NO THAT INFORMATION IS NOT BEING DISCLOSED.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. This is the way they operate

anything unpopular - 'we had nothing to do with it'

straight from corporate PR - denial, disavow, obfuscate, lie

[hedda_foil]

8. No prob lemon. They'll just do it after he's sworn in

[christx30]

17. And fire anyone that refuses to answer the questions.

[hatrack]

9. BULLSHIT

That is all . . .

[Paladin]

10. Feeble-assed walkback. Just what I'd expect. (nt)

[SickAndTiredOfRepubs]

11. Yeah right. Washington Post had a good article on what climate scientists are now doing.

Here's a link to the article. I'm not using WP's link in case you don't subscribe.
http://www.modbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article120666018.html

[Sunlei]

12. remember Obama & his transition team are in constant contact with republican transition.

[WhiteTara]

14. Got to be more subtle before inauguration

Afterwards, let her rip.

[Sunlei]

15. look at list of questions, looks like something Republicans cruz? or perry? made-up to disrupt a

federal agency. Looks like they want to go back to the bush era PAPER MAPS so no one knows what is being polluted or destroyed.

LINK LIST https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/politics/questions-posed-by-president-elect-trumps-transition-team-to-energy-department-officials/2143/?rtef&tid=a_inl


probably Perry? isn't he the new Republican Admin for that agency or was it Cruz reward promotion for winning Texas and Utah primary votes?

[Sunlei]

18. not just a simple list of names like "Breaking News Headlines" pretend, a list that shows how

Republicans will fuck up America for decades to come.

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32 Does the Department have any thoughts on how to reduce the bureaucratic burden for S4
exporting US. energy technology, including but not limited to commercial nuclear
technology?

33 Is the number of Assistant Secretaries set by statute? Does the statute establish the number GC
as a minimum or a maximum, or is it silent on the question?

34 Can you provide a list of all current open job postings and the status of those positions? HC

35 Can you provide a list of outstanding M850 contracts yet to be awarded for all DOE MA
facilities and their current status?

36 Can you provide a list of non-M&O procurements/awards that are currently pending and MA
their status?

37 Does DOE have a plan to resume the Yucca Mountain license proceedings? GC

38 What secretarial detenninations/records of decisions are pending? GC

[louis-t]

20. "properly counseled"? You mean, a pat on the back and

a raise?

[Eugene]

21. As usual, the disavowal is late in coming

and halfhearted in effort. They will try this again with a different approach.

[Rex]

22. This is how Dump will run his unadministration.

This kind of garbage worked great for Reagan.

[Tanuki]

23. BS, this is not the first attempt by the Kochs and their paid

political lackeys to harass and intimidate climate scientists. This ham-handed gambit was a feature, not a bug.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/10/25/koch-house-republicans-targeting-noaa-scientists-harassment-intimidation.html