Is It Time That Cheney Is Forced To Reveal All From His Secret Energy Task Force Of 2001?..... [View All]

What was discussed? What deals were made? Did this task force do anything - even remotely - to cut deals with the oil companies that might have some impact on this disaster we're facing in the Gulf today.

Here are some excerpts from Wikipedia about this Task Force:

Most of the activities of the Energy Task Force have not been disclosed to the public, even though Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests (since 19 April 2001) have sought to gain access to its materials.

After several years of legal wrangling, in May, 2005 an appeals court permitted the Energy Task Force's records to remain secret.

The Washington Post reported on November 15, 2005 that it had obtained documents detailing how executives from major oil corporations, including Exxon-Mobil Corp., Conoco, Royal Dutch Shell Oil Corp., and the American subsidiary of British Petroleum met with Energy Task Force participants while they were developing national energy policy.

Vice President Cheney was reported to have met personally with the Chief Executive Officer of BP (formerly British Petroleum) during the time of the Energy Task Force's activities.

In the week prior to this article revealing oil executive involvement, the Chief Executives of Exxon-Mobil and ConocoPhillips told members of the US Senate that they had not participated as part of the Energy Task Force, while the CEO of British Petroleum stated that he did not know.

Regardless of whether the executives were under oath, if these statements were knowingly and materially false and deceptive then they were illegal per the The Fraud and False Statements statute (18 U.S.C. 1001) <10>. In response to questions regarding the article, Cheney spokesperson Lea Ann McBride was quoted as saying that the courts have upheld "the constitutional right of the president and vice president to obtain information in confidentiality."

It is time to open this up and see what this was all about. Seems to me that as with the wars, the financial meltdown, the crumbling of the American economy that Obama has had to deal with - and now this disaster in the Gulf - all of these issues were the result of the 8 years of the Bush/Cheney Administration.

Folks - its time to hold their feet to the fire and lay the blame where it belongs.

The silence by Bush and Cheney now regarding this disaster in the Gulf is deafening. Could it be they are laying low because they know something?