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To: greenspirit who wrote (1198)	2/3/2002 3:32:43 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3602

Reports coming in that Daniel Pearl has been killed in Pakistan. State Department as yet can't confirm. Body found last night about 8PM Pakistan time.

To: greenspirit who wrote (1198)	2/3/2002 4:37:32 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3602

Looking at the article, that bogus is so caffined about.... with a little bit of ....shall we say.....question....Let's see what he says here....and insinuates, and leaves dangling.... Sunday, Feb. 03, 2002 Getting the Ear Of Dick Cheney BY MICHAEL WEISSKOPF AND ADAM ZAGORIN Dick Cheney has taken a hard line against the General Accounting Office, refusing its efforts to get information on meetings held by his energy task force. Critics suspect WHAT critics.......pot calling kettle? that Cheney is stonewalling to conceal the Administration's links with bankrupt energy giant Enron. But Cheney may be hiding more than that. Several other energy companies had opportunities to influence the Administration's energy policy, with both persuasion and money. (KLP NOTE: What do lobbyist's do, besides try to influence? What do citizens do, besides try to influence? What do voters do, besides try to influence?) A key task-force meeting, sources tell Time, w h a t sources?????? Geeze isn't this the pot calling the kettle black again????????? was held by Cheney in the White House on May 3. Among attendees were two lobbyists for electric utilities: former Montana Governor and now G.O.P.chairman Marc Racicot and former G.O.P.chairman Haley Barbour. Two weeks later, Cheney's report gave the lobbyists much of what they wanted, (KLP NOTE:what did they want???) including a re-evaluation of a costly clean-air rule, called the new-source review, which requires new pollution controls when power plants are expanded. While he was lobbying for these energy interests, Barbour was also raising at least $250,000 for a May 21 G.O.P.gala honoring President Bush. The group of utilities Barbour was representing, led by Southern Co., gave $150,000 to the event. The night before the gala, Cheney held a glitzy reception at the vice-presidential mansion for hundreds of the fete's sponsors and longtime party donors. KLP NOTE:(So, what is the point here?????) Another company that had entree (KLP NOTE: DIDN'T ALL energy companies come to the task force meeting????) to the Cheney task force was Peabody Energy, a coal behemoth whose holding company and top officer have given nearly $200,000 to the President and his party since Bush took office, including $25,000 for the May gala. KLP NOTE:(SO WHAT....What amount of money has been to the DNC in this period of time???) Sources say Peabody chairman Irl Engelhardt and other energy executives met in March with two task-force members, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and Bush economic adviser Larry Lindsey. Cheney's group also heard in March from officials from the nuclear-energy industry—whose trade association, the Nuclear Energy Institute, contributed $100,000 to the Bush event. Both coal and nuclear power got major endorsements in the task-force report. (KLP Note: Who has seen the task force report? What else does it say?) Racicot, who stopped lobbying after taking over the G.O.P.last month, said he didn't raise funds for the Bush bash. Barbour did not return calls for comment. Cheney spokeswoman Mary Matalin denied any link between task-force access and fund raising, saying the Veep had no idea who was financing the gala. time.com KLP NOTE: Will see what I can find later today on Hillary's Medical Task Force, and if and when those papers were turned over to the GAO and to the public...........