List of Cheney's Energy Task Force and Dates of Meetings

[illinoisprogressive]

Washington Post has a list of the participants to the Cheney Energy Task force and has them listed.
The list was too long for me to post so I have the link:


Vice President Cheney's energy task force had a busy spring in 2001. While drafting a national energy policy, the group, chaired by Cheney, met with approximately 300 groups and individuals, ranging from the American Petroleum Institute to Defenders of Wildlife. Below, a list of individuals and organizations who met with the energy task force, as detailed in a document provided to The Post by a former White House official.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/cheney_energy_task_force.html



here is the article about the task force:


At 10 a.m. on April 4, 2001, representatives of 13 environmental groups were brought into the Old Executive Office Building for a long-anticipated meeting. Since late January, a task force headed by Vice President Cheney had been busy drawing up a new national energy policy, and the groups were getting their one chance to be heard.

Cheney was not there, but so many environmentalists were in the room that introductions took up "about half the meeting," recalled Erich Pica of Friends of the Earth. Anna Aurilio of the U.S. Public Interest Group said, "It was clear to us that they were just being nice to us

A confidential list prepared by the Bush administration shows that Cheney and his aides had already held at least 40 meetings with interest groups, most of them from energy-producing industries. By the time of the meeting with environmental groups, according to a former White House official who provided the list to The Washington Post, the initial draft of the task force was substantially complete and President Bush had been briefed on its progress.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/17/AR2007071701987.html

[cynatnite]

1. Geez, check out that list!

No one can say big oil and other corporate energy producers were not represented.

[illinoisprogressive]

2. with the WaPo having it listed it will be a nice story tomorrow.

[Nevernose]

7. The Most Offensive thing of all:

Notice how the oil companies each got their own meeting?

And that Environmental Groups, Renewable Energy, Think Tanks, and, Academics, various Regulatory Agencies all got group references?

I'm not religious, but Dear Lord Jesus Fucking Christ, how do how I HATE Dick Cheney.

[cynatnite]

12. I did notice that...

the others looked like they'd be full blown conferences with large attendance. They got a nice little speech and probably had to sign non-disclosure agreements.

[Tigress DEM]

24. Next to Vader being absent for the environmentalist's meeting.

The preliminary draft being written and giving them a meeting with .. what shadow puppets and each other to discuss their non-involvement with energy policy?

[Nevernose]

25. I stand corrected: the SECOND most offensive thing

I'm now puking in a trashcan and the mere thought of Dick Cheney. I'm physically ill; I'll reply further later.

[jwirr]

37. The only reason they invited the environmental groups was so

they would be able to claim that they were consulted. What I want to know is when and with whom chainy discussed the move toward an oil war in the ME?

[Mnemosyne]

16. Well, the dick just wanted to be

Fair and Balanced", after all.

[blogslut]

3. Fantastic!

Finally after six damned years. Let's see the old fart hide in his bunker from this! Agnew Agnew Agnew!

[Miss Chybil]

4. The WP is on fire! nt

[illinoisprogressive]

6. making up for all their past sins.

[frogcycle]

20. I expect that "disgruntled former employees"

of the administration have more to do with it that the Post's tough investigation

[williesgirl]

5. k&r

[TahitiNut]

8. Page A01 ... cool.

:thumbsup:

[merh]

9. just a little article from the past

(#8) Secrets of Cheney's Energy Task Force Come to Light

JUDICIAL WATCH, July 17,2003
Title: Cheney Energy Task Force Documents Feature Map of Iraqi Oilfields
Author: Judicial Watch staff

FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS, January 2004
Title: “Bush-Cheney Energy Strategy: Procuring the Rest of the World’s Oil”
Author: Michael Klare

Faculty Evaluators: James Carr, Ph.D., Alexandra Von Meier, Ph.D.
Student Researcher: Cassie Cypher, Shannon Arthur

Documents turned over in the summer of 2003 by the Commerce Department as a result of the Sierra Club’s and Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, concerning the activities of the Cheney Energy Task Force, contain a map of Iraqi oilfields, pipelines, refineries and terminals, as well as two charts detailing Iraqi oil and gas projects, and “Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts.” The documents, dated March 2001, also feature maps of Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates oilfields, pipelines, refineries and tanker terminals. There are supporting charts with details of the major oil and gas development projects in each country that provide information on the project’s costs, capacity, oil company and status or completion date.

Documented plans of occupation and exploitation predating September 11 confirm heightened suspicion that U.S. policy is driven by the dictates of the energy industry. According to Judicial Watch President, Tom Fitton, “These documents show the importance of the Energy Task Force and why its operations should be open to the public.”

When first assuming office in early 2001, President Bush's top foreign policy priority was not to prevent terrorism or to curb the spread of weapons of mass destruction—or any of the other goals he espoused later that year following 9-11. Rather, it was to increase the flow of petroleum from suppliers abroad to U.S. markets. In the months before he became president, the United States had experienced severe oil and natural gas shortages in many parts of the country, along with periodic electrical power blackouts in California. In addition, oil imports rose to more than 50% of total consumption for the first time in history, provoking great anxiety about the security of the country's long-term energy supply. Bush asserted that addressing the nation's "energy crisis" was his most important task as president.

The energy turmoil of 2000-01 prompted Bush to establish a task force charged with developing a long-range plan to meet U.S. energy requirements. With the advice of his close friend and largest campaign contributor, Enron CEO, Ken Lay, Bush picked Vice President Dick Cheney, former Halliburton CEO, to head this group. In 2001 the Task Force formulated the National Energy Policy (NEP), or Cheney Report, bypassing possibilities for energy independence and reduced oil consumption with a declaration of ambitions to establish new sources of oil.

The Bush Administration’s struggle to keep secret the workings of Cheney’s Energy Task Force has been ongoing since early in the President’s tenure. The General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, requested information in spring of 2001 about which industry executives and lobbyists the Task Force was meeting with in developing the Bush Administration's energy plan. When Cheney refused disclosure, Congress was pressed to sue for the right to examine Task Force records, but lost. Later, amid political pressure building over improprieties regarding Enron’s colossal collapse, Cheney's office released limited information revealing six Task Force meetings with Enron executives.

~snip~

http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2005/8.html

I developed a respect for Judicial Watch, they may be conservatives but they doggedly worked to get the Task Force records.

[calimary]

17. "Procuring the Rest of the World's Oil"???

Holy Sheep-shit!

[merh]

21. Like I said, Judicial Watch has not been one of my favorite

groups but their determination paid off.

It's just that folks lost interest.

The Energy Task Force had pinpointed the need for the Iraqi oil reserves long before 9/11.

[zabet]

26. That is a proverbial smoking gun ...

or should I say, the tapped oil well.
As more and more data comes out, we will probably be horrified
at the depth of the underhanded machinations of Bushco.

[calimary]

30. I'm sorry... I'm just still stuck back there on "Procuring the Rest of the World's Oil."

With apologies to that anti-o'reilly website, Sweet Jesus I HATE dick cheney!

[merh]

36. The sad thing is, will we see justice in our life time for their

abuses and crimes, or will it be history that will judge them as the scoundrels and villains - Instead of calling someone a Benedict Arnold as an insult, will it be "You Dick Cheney" or "You George W."

[frogcycle]

22. and there you have it

"With the advice of his close friend and largest campaign contributor, Enron CEO, Ken Lay, Bush picked Vice President Dick Cheney, former Halliburton CEO, to head this group. In 2001 the Task Force formulated the National Energy Policy (NEP), or Cheney Report, bypassing possibilities for energy independence and reduced oil consumption with a declaration of ambitions to establish new sources of oil."

[merh]

23. This is what jumped out at me

Documented plans of occupation and exploitation predating September 11 confirm heightened suspicion that U.S. policy is driven by the dictates of the energy industry.

[calimary]

31. Yeah. I noticed that, too. All the Iraqi oil field maps and tanker ports

and what-have-you's. Yep. Pretty smoky that smoking gun.

[Bjorn Against]

41. Judicial Watch may be made up of right-wing nutbags, but they have done some good things

They have been after Bush for quite some time now, I certainly don't agree with every case they have taken up but they do have some ethics and are willing to take on corruption in both parties. They are one of the only extreme right-wing organizations I can have some respect for.

[merh]

43. Oh, I agree with you - their resolve is commendable

I doubt the task force records that are available would be public if it weren't for their efforts.

[thecrow]

10. Earliest meeting on this list was........drumroll........

EXXON!!!
and then.... ENRON !!!!

Do I need to say... as expected?

[napi21]

11. Isn't this the list Cheney wouldn't release? SCOTUS said he didn't

have to!

How the hell did the WP get it?

Oh damn, I don't care how they got it! I not only love that the WP dot it, but the mental image I'm having of Cheney's reaction when hed finds out! AHHHH......

[illinoisprogressive]

13. I have no clue how but, this is the most wanted document by journalists.

[Canuckistanian]

14. I imagine the GAO will want a copy, too

And then....MORE SUBPOENAS!!.

[merh]

19. SCOTUS ruled that the lower court had to make specific findings

Conclusion

In a 7-2 opinion delivered by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court sent the case back to the D.C. Court of Appeals, arguing that the appellate court should have considered separation-of-powers claims and was wrong to conclude it lacked authority to order District Court discovery to stop. Such an order (mandamus) to stop discovery proceedings should be considered because those proceedings, "by virtue of their overbreadth," could interfere with presidential activity. Further, the appellate court misinterpreted U.S. v. Nixon to mean that the government needed to assert executive privilege for separation-of-powers objections to be considered.

http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2003/2003_03_475/

I believe the lower court did order that some of the records should be released.

In the spring of 2002, under order from a federal judge, the U.S. Department of Energy released to NRDC roughly 13,500 pages relating to previously secret proceedings of the Bush administration's energy task force. (President Bush formed the task force in early 2001 to develop a national energy policy, with Vice President Cheney at the helm.) Even though the government heavily censored the documents before supplying them to NRDC, they reveal that Bush administration officials sought extensive advice from utility companies and the oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy industries, and incorporated their recommendations, often word for word, into the energy plan.

http://www.nrdc.org/air/energy/taskforce/tfinx.asp

[Cobalt-60]

44. I hope his defibrulator batteries were made in China.

[MADem]

15. This is USG information, which isn't copyrighted. For the dial-uppers, here is the list:

Mind-boggling.  OUTRAGEOUS!!!  But how NICE that someone
ratted!!!!!!

Name- Affiliation- Date of Meeting 

Greg Moredock Cabot Energy March 14, 4 p.m. 
Jim Rouse Exxon Feb. 14, 12 p.m. 
Ralph J. Goehring Berry Petroleum Company March 6, 9 a.m. 
John Martini California Independent Petroleum Association
March 6, 9 a.m. 
Red Cavaney American Petroleum Institute March 6, 9 a.m. 
Graham Ban-[sic] BP March 22, 12 p.m. 
Deb Beaubien BP March 22, 12 p.m. 
Peter Davies BP March 22, 12 p.m. 
Bob Malone BP March 22, 12 p.m. 
Eli Bebout Nucor Oil & Gas March 22, 12 p.m. 
William Terry Smith Tidelands Oil Production Company March 22,
12 p.m. 
Steen Parker Tidelands Oil Production Company March 22, 12
p.m. 
William Dozier Vintage Petroleum Inc. March 22, 12 p.m. 
Larry Bates Vintage Petroleum Inc. March 22, 12 p.m. 
Wayne Gibben CONOCO April 12 
Alan Huffman CONOCO April 12 
Alby Modiano CONOCO April 12 
Archie Dunham  March 21, 4 a.m. [sic?] 
Kevin Brown Sinclair Oil March 21, 2 p.m. 
Clint Ensign Sinclair Oil March 21, 2 p.m. 
Kathi Wise Sinclair Oil March 21, 2 p.m. 
Willie Hensley Alyeska Pipeline Service Company March 7, 9
a.m. 
Lindsay Hooper Small Refiners Group March 15, 10 a.m. 
Paul Freer Marathon Oil, Conoco, Amerada March 29, 2 p.m. 
Rick Shelby AGA Leadership Council March 26 
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart Shell Oil April 17, 10 a.m. 
Steven Miller Shell Oil April 17, 10 a.m. 
Jerry Halverson Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
March 9, 9:30 a.m. 
Rick Roldan National Propane Gas Association April 20, 10 a.m.

Lisa Bontempo National Propane Gas Association  
RENEWABLE ENERGY   
 The Stella Group March 28, 10 a.m. 
 National Bioenergy Industries Association March 28, 10 a.m. 
Jaime Steve American Wind Energy Association March 28, 10 a.m.

Glen Hamer Solar Energy Industry Association March 28, 10 a.m.

Karl Gawell Geothermal Energy Association March 28, 10 a.m. 
The Alliance to Save Energy David Nemtzow March 28, 10 a.m. 
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Howard Geller
March 28, 10 a.m. 
Environmental Energy Study Institute Beth Bliel March 28, 10
a.m. 
Environmental Energy Study Institute Carol Werner March 28, 10
a.m. 
American Biomass Association Meagan Smith March 28, 10 a.m. 
American Green David Flory March 28, 10 a.m. 
INDEPENDENT ENERGY FIRMS/COUNCILS/THINK-TANKS   
 Electric Power Supply Association  
Red Cavaney American Petroleum Institute March 8, 4 p.m. 
David Yergin [sic--Daniel] Cambridge Energy Research
Associates March 12, 4 p.m. (3 other visits) 
 Sandia National Laboratories April 20, 3 p.m. (w/VPOTUS)  
 The Energy Council March 6 
Alan Richardson Pacificorps March 28, 2 p.m. 
Rob Wallace General Electric March 28, 4:30 p.m. 
 Nuclear Energy Institute  
 Business Council for Sustainable Energy March 8, 11 p.m. 
 Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy Feb. 22, 2
p.m. 
 Fluor Corporation Feb. 21, 2 p.m. 
 Alliance for Rural America (ARA)  
 Coalition for Energy and Economic Growth (CEEG) Feb. 26, 2
p.m. 
 American Public Power Association (APPA)  
 National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)  
 National Mining Association Feb. 22, 10 a.m. 
John Anderson ELCON  
 Edison Electric Institute  
 National Hydrogen Association  
 American Society of Engineers  
Vernon Smith California Energy Crisis Feb. 21, 3 p.m. 
 The Progress and Freedom Foundation Feb. 22, 10 a.m. 
 The Progress and Freedom Foundation Feb. 22, 10 a.m. 
CONSUMER GROUPS   
 The Progress and Freedom Foundation Feb. 22, 10 a.m. 
Paul Cicio from Dow Chemical, representing 11 companies
International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers March
7, 10:30 a.m. 
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS   
Howard Ris Union of Concerned Scientists April 4, 10 a.m. 
Alden Meyer Union of Concerned Scientists April 4, 10 a.m. 
Elizabeth Thompson Environmental Defense April 4, 10 a.m. 
Roger Rufe Center for Marine Conservation April 4, 10 a.m. 
Jim Lyon National Wildlife Federation April 4, 10 a.m. 
Erich Picha Friends of the Earth April 4, 10 a.m. 
Alyssondra Campaigne Natural Resources Defense Counsel April
4, 10 a.m. 
Deborah Callahan League of-Conservation Voters April 4, 10
a.m. 
Robert Musil Physicians for Social Responsibility April 4, 10
a.m. 
Anna Aurilio US Public Interest Research Group April 4, 10
a.m. 
Katherine Silverthorne World Wildlife Fund April 4, 10 a.m. 
Sandra Sshubert [sic] EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund April 4,
10 a.m. 
Robert Dewey Defenders of Wildlife April 4, 10 a.m. 
Kevin Curtis National Environmental Trust April 4, 10 a.m. 
ACADEMIA/THINK TANKS   
Robert Hahn American Enterprise Institute  
Philip Sharp Kennedy School of Government  
James M. Griffin Texas A&M  
James L. Sweeney Stanford University  
Bob Faron MRI Research March 2, 2 p.m. 
REGULATORY GROUP   
 National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners  
STATE/REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS   
 National Association of State Energy Officials  
 Northeast Energy and Commerce Association  
 CANADIAN INTEREST GROUPS  
 BC Hydro March 26, 4 p.m. 
 Nova Scotia Power March 26, 4 p.m. 
 HydroQuebec March 26, 4 p.m. 
 CEA March 26, 4 p.m. 
 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers  
Bob Pierce Foothills Pipelines  
Doug Baldwin Trans Canada Pipelines March 8, 12:30 p.m. 
CITY/STATE/REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS   
 National Association of State Energy Officials  
 Northeast Energy and Commerce Association  
John Fistolera Northern Calif. Power Agency  
Rick Grice State of Colorado, Office of Energy  
William Keese California Energy Commission  
James Brandmueller Ph.D. State of Nevada, Dept. of Business
and Energy  
Frederick Hoover, Jr. State of Maryland Energy Administration 

Maurice Kaya, P.E. State of Hawaii, Dept. of Business,
Economic Dev.  
Peter Smith NY State Energy R&D Authority  
Helen Hansen Metro Water District of Southern Calif.  
Brad Hiltscher Metro Water District of Southern Calif.  
Deb Taylor State of Texas Energy Conservation Office  
William Nesmith State of Oregon, Office of Energy  
Edwin Pinero State of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Environmental
Protection  
Samuel Reid State of Rhode Island, Governor's Office  
John Nunley State of Wyoming, State Energy Program  
Kim Raap State of Wyoming  
Barbara McCall Texas Cities Legislative Coalition  
Alan N. Vallow, P.E. City of Lori, California  
Laura Y. Whitton City of Chicago  
Jim Nichols City of Lake Benton  
Mayor (Floyd Adams, Jr.) City of Savannah  
Jack Hilliard City of Florence Utilities  
Euline Brock City of Denton, Tex.  
Bern Beecham City of Palo Alto  
MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS/STAFF   
Rep. Barton (R-TX)   
Rep. Blunt (R-MO)   
Rep. Boucher (D-VA)   
Rep. Burr (R-NC)   
Rep. Calvert (R-CA)   
Rep. Cubin (R-WY)   
Rep. Pickering (R-MS)   
Rep. Radanovich (R-CA)   
Rep. Shimkus (R-IL)   
Rep. Tauzin (R-LA)   
Rep. Terry (R-NE)   
Staff of Rep. Nick Joe Racal (D-WV) (sic)   
Rep. Whitfield (R-KY)   
Rep. Wilson (R-NM)   
Republican Staff of House Energy Strategy Group   
Staff from House Majority Whip's Office   
Senator Murkowski (R-AK)   
Staff, Western Governors   
Seattle Chamber of Commerce   
Senator Bingaman (Ranking Minority Leader on Clean Air
Sub-Committee)   
Rep. Ose  21-Mar 
Rep. Vernon Ehler  21-Mar 
Rep. Ralph Hall (D-TX)  12-Mar 
Rep. Tauzin's Staff  8-Mar 
Reps. Tauzin and Barton (Meeting with VPOTUS)  27-Mar 
Sen. Voinovich  6-Apr 
Rep. Duncan Hunter  6-Apr 
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)   
Rep. Rick Larson (D-WA)   
Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA)   
Rep. David Wu (D-OR)   
Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)   
Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)   
Rep Peter DeFazio (D-OR)   
Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR)   
Rep. Butch Otter (R-ID)   
Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID)   
Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT)   
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA)   
Rep Doc Hastings (R-WA)   
Rep. George Nethercutt (R-WA)   
Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA)   
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)   
Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-WA)   
COMPANY/TRADE ASSOCIATION MEETINGS   
Brian Henneberry El Paso Corp. April 9 
Lori Laudien El Paso Corp. April 9 
Gretchen Emling Williams April 9 
Janet Sena  April 9 
Kristen Ludecke PSEG Power April 9 
Richard Goodstein American Ref-Fuel April 9 
Frazier Blaylock Coventa Energy April 9 
Phil Moeller CALPINE April 9 
David Brown EXELON April 9 
David Gilbert Constellation Energy Group April 9 
Holly Nichols Reliant Energy April 9 
Joe Vasapoli Reliant Energy April 9 
  April 9 
Gene Peters EPSA April 9 
Mary Doyle Dynergy April 9 
Elaine Ziemba NRG Energy April 9 
Melissa Lavinson PG&E NEG April 9 
Tom Briggs Enron April 9 
  April 9 
Yvonne McIntyre Mirant April 9 
  April 9 
Jeanne Connelly CALPINE April 9 
Tobyn Anderson Lighthouse Energy Group April 9 
Laura Eahm PPL Global April 9 
Rusty Matthews Dickstein Shapiro April 9 
Barbara Burchett Aquila Energy April 9 
Karen Hunsicker Billups Entergy April 9 
Donn Salvosa EPSA April 9 
 Alyeska Pipeline Service Company  
 American Gas Association  
 American Petroleum Institute  
 Arctic Power  
 BP/AMOCO/ARCO  
 Canadian Alliance  
Judy Pensavene Constellation Energy Group March 5, 9 am*
second meeting 
 CREA  
Beverly Marshad Duke Energy March 5, 9 am 
 Edison Electric Institute  
 El Paso Energy  
   
 Emerson  
 Enron  
Kristie Simms Entergy March 5, 9 am 
David Brown Exelon Corporation March 5, 9 am 
   
 Exxon Mobil  
 Florida Power & Light  
 FLUOR  
 Independent Petroleum Association of America  
 Interstate Natural Gas Association of America  
 Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission  
Michael Flannigan Kennecott/U.S. Borax and Rio Tinto March 12 
Alan Steinbeck Kennecott/U.S. Borax and Rio Tinto March 12 
Tom Bunk Kennecott/U.S. Borax and Rio Tinto March 12 
Bill Post Pinnacle West March 8 
Robbie Aiken Pinnacle West March 8 
 Midwest Research Institute re: energy studies  
 National Energy Marketers Association  
 National Mining Association  
 Natural Resources Canada  
 Nuclear Energy Institute  
 Petroleum Finance Company  
 Phillips Petroleum  
 Pinnacle West  
Bud Albright Reliant Energy  
 Resource Development Council for Alaska  
 Southern Company  
 TXU  
 United States Enrichment Corporation  
 VECO Alaska, Inc  
Ambassador Smith Williams Company March 8, 5 pm 
 Emerson Electric Company March 2, 10 am 
 El Paso Energy Corporation*  
 Canadian Electricity Association March 26, 4 pm 
 Edison Electric Institute*  
Ken Lay Enron Corporation February 22, 5 pm and April 17
(w/VP) 
Alan Richardson American Public Power Association Executive
Committee March 20, 3:30 pm 
 Teamsters April 20, 11 am 
OTHER MEETINGS   
 Teamsters April 20, 11 am 
 Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas February 1 
 Assistant Deputy Minister of Energy for Canada  
 Canadian Deputy Secretary of Energy  
The Honorable David Karnes, Former Senator, Nebraska Kutak
Rock LLP   
Tim Peckinpaugh Van Ness Feldman  
 Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (Van Ness Feldman client)  
 Sandia National Laboratories  
Scott Sklar Executive Director, Solar Energy Industries
Association  
Kyle Simpson Morgan Meguire LLC  
Angolan Ministers   
Paul Cicio Dow Chemical  March 7 and March 21, 8:30 pm* 
J.J. Brown Alternate Fuels March 7 
 California Independent Petroleum Association Executive Board
March 12 
 British Deputy Head of Mission March 12 
Former Congressman Laughlin   
Former Representative Susan Molinari EXELON March 12 
Beth Fowler Nils Olsen March 16 
 Northwest Energy Caucus (w/VPOTUS)  
 American Farm Bureau (Speech) March 21 
 California Agriculture Leadership Program March 22 
John Runyan International Paper March 22 
Erin Schaffer International Paper March 22 
Kevin Lynch Pacific Corp March 28 
Alan Richardson Pacific Corp March 28 
 Venezuelan Delegation April 5 
Steve Griles-Renewable Energy Caithness April 5 
 EPSA*  
Former Congressman Bliley Independent Gasoline Marketers Assn.
 
Jon Doggett American Farm Bureau March 6, 3:00pm 
Robin West  March 7, 3:00pm 
Linda Stuntz (Former Deputy Secretary of Energy)  March 16,
2:00pm 
Mark Kerrigan  March 16, 2:00pm 
Robert Priddle International Energy Agency April 17, 11:00am 
Rob Goldstein Princeton Plasma Physics April 18, 4:30pm 
 Business Council for Sustainable Energy April 18, 4:30pm 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY GROUPS   
William Badger + 2 Washington Council Ernst and Young March
13, 10:00am  
Charles Samuels Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
March 13, 10:00am  
Douglass Horstman Maytag Corporation March 13, 10:00am  
Ayssondra Campaigne* [sic--spelled differently above] Natural
Resources Defense Council*  March 13, 10:00am  
Edward Osann American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
March 13, 10:00am  
David Hamilton Alliance to Save Energy March 13, 10:00 a.m.  
*=more than one meeting listed   
NOTE: Some organizations were listed as having meetings with
the Energy Task Force but no individual names were given. Many
of the meetings which occurred were not recorded with a
specific date. Spellings of names and organizations listed are
taken directly from the document. 

[Buck Rabbit]

18. Someone is going to get shot in the face for leaking this.

[grasswire]

27. thank you Daniel Elsberg

He's been begging Washington officials to release the secrets.

[me b zola]

28. k&r

[liberalla]

29. WOW - WOW - WOW !

Finally! After all this time! This is a big deal getting this info.
THANK YOU, WaPo!

[ProgressiveEconomist]

32. TWO QUESTIONS about the WP Task Force timeline and a 3/5/01 doucument obtained

by judicialwatch.org through a lawsuit.

The timing here is very interesting. It's consistent with a plan that could have been ironed out mid-February between Cheney's Task Force pointman Andrew Lundquist, Exxon Mobil's President James Rouse, and Enron's Ken Lay. IMO, two crucial questions that jump out of the timeline are
.
(1) On February 14 2001, did Rouse ask that Task Force staff prepare oil maps of Iraq and lists of companies seeking contracts, for divvying up rights to Iraqi oil reserves after a Cheney-promised US invasion? Did Ken Lay, Dubya's "Energy Transition Team" leader and lavish Inaugural bankroller, ast for them? Who asked for them?

(2) Was the 3/5/01 list of "Foreign Suitors" discussed at the 3/22/01 Task Force meeting with BP and or at meetings with 19 other drillers after March 4 2001? With whom were the Judicial-Watch-obtained documents discussed?

See the March 5th document and the Iraq oil map that turned up in the Task Force documents Judicial Watch sued to get, at http://www.judicialwatch.org/iraqi-oil-maps.shtml .

Of particular interest among those documents are the Iraqi oil map and the explicitly-dated "Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts, as of 5 March 2001", at
http://www.judicialwatch.org/IraqOilFrgnSuitors.pdf .

See also the timeline in the WP story at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/17/AR2007071701987_pf.html :

"Papers Detail Industry's Role in Cheney's Energy Report, By Michael Abramowitz and Steven Mufson, Washington Post Staff Writers; Wednesday, July 18, 2007; A01
.
... One of the first visitors, on Feb. 14, was James J. Rouse, then vice president of Exxon Mobil and a major donor to the Bush inauguration; a week later, longtime Bush supporter Kenneth L. Lay, then head of Enron Corp., came by for the first of two meetings....

British Petroleum representatives dropped by on March 22, one of about 20 oil and drilling companies to get meetings. The National Mining Association, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and the American Petroleum Institute were among three dozen trade associations that met with Cheney's staff, the document shows. The list of participants' names and when they met with administration officials provides a clearer picture...."

[seemslikeadream]

33. kick

[annabanana]

34. Cheers to the "former White House official"!!

:toast:

May their numbers increase a thousandfold!!

[Grateful for Hope]

35. k & r!

[blogslut]

38. kick

:)

[robinlynne]

39. speaking of kenneth lay, has his wife gone on any trips outside the country? wondering if he really

died.

[liberalla]

40. Rachel Maddow talking about this now...

This story is being somewhat overlooked or overshadowed by other events, BUT we can't let it silently slip away. I hope it rates a segment on Countdown tonight.

"Cheney had his finger on a critical issue," said David G. Hawkins, a climate expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council. "He just pushed it in the wrong direction."

Sounds so innocent, so accidental. Quite an understated summation, doncha think?

:kick:

[Bjorn Against]

42. Well it looks like bloggers have a lot of work ahead of them...

A lot of names on that list that I am sure there are some interesting stories behind.

[merh]

45. kick

just cause