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Non-Tech : The ENRON Scandal -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mephisto who wrote (3194)	3/1/2002 1:22:41 AM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 5185

"The NRDC had first requested the documents from the energy department under the Freedom of Information Act, but had not received a response. Judge Kessler ruled that "there can be little question that the department of energy has been woefully tardy" in its treatment of the request. The auditing arm of Congress, the general accounting office (GAO), is pursuing a parallel lawsuit to force Mr Cheney to release details of which companies his taskforce had consulted before drawing up a comprehensive energy plan. That plan is currently being considered in the Senate, where Democrat majority leaders have taken a stand against it, denouncing it as soft on the nation's worst polluters. Democrats and environmentalists have accused the Bush White House of allowing the energy industry - including the disgraced and now bankrupt Enron corporation - disproportionate influence over the drafting of policy, as a reward for substantial campaign contributions to Republican candidates in the 2000 elections. Excerpt from the article, "Cheney confounded over energy secrets " Julian Borger in Washington Friday March 1, 2002 The Guardian guardian.co.uk For full story see: Message 17132993