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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (20566)	8/3/2001 11:27:57 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

because the Administration is making a point about how above board they are. I don't know whether or not it was just government employees. But if it was, maybe Cheney has a point. After all, if they accept the principle that the GAO can get records of govt employee only meetings, what's next -- private oval office meetings? There has, I believe, to be some area of activity within which the executive branch can discuss things in private. This may not be it, but if it is, they are right to resist.

To: Lane3 who wrote (20566)	8/6/2001 10:09:18 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 82486

If that were the case, there would be no reason for GAO to look into it. The reason for the inquiry was that there were supposed to be industry people there. I think the GAO is looking in to it for two reasons. 1 - Non government people where not invited to the formal meeting but apparently government employees consulted with them. The GAO may consider talking with these people to be equivilent to a meeting. 2 - Cheney did not to my knowlege release the names of the people who where at the meetings. The GAO might be thinking "how do we know there were not government at the meetings if we don't know who was at the meetings?" Tim