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To: FaultLine who wrote (126867)	3/21/2004 11:07:45 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

What about the closed door energy meetings by Dick Cheney....? The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the Bush administration's argument that it is entitled to keep secrets about how national energy policy was developed with the influence of polluting industries. The high court's decision could finally end the Bush Administration's delaying tactics and draw attention yet again to their efforts to keep the public in the dark about the influence of industry on energy policy. John Dean claims the Bush Administration is much more secretive than Nixon's administration. That makes one wonder if Mr. Cheney has anything to hide. There are rumors that he and oil industry execs were plotting to go into Iraq long before 9/11...I can see why he wouldn't want notes of these meetings released. -s2@lookingforwardtoanAdministrationTrulyComittedToFullDisclosure.com

To: FaultLine who wrote (126867)	3/22/2004 12:35:29 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

FL, there are AMPLE references to all of these: FBI files just as a "for instance"...I don't have time tonight to go find several for each of the items, but anyone can who is interested: Note there are a couple from CNN and one from PBS, and another from the ACLU...none of which are particularly known as fronting for Republicans....<t-i-c> The Privacy Act makes it unlawful for any government official to improperly obtain or use personal information held in government files. 8888888888888888888 FBI files, travel office case dog Clinton June 23, 1996 Web posted at: 4:30 p.m. EDT cnn.com (CNN) -- A political tug of war continued Sunday over hundreds of FBI background files improperly obtained by the Clinton administration. The president's staff insists there was no misuse of information, but skeptical Republicans aren't convinced. Vice President Al Gore repeated the administration's promise to prevent access to such files in the future. The White House conducted what appears to be "a definite effort to find dirt on Republicans," Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, charged Sunday. "Now, whether that's true or not, I don't know. That's why we have to do this investigation." (224K AIFF or WAV sound) An investigation of the episode has been added to the portfolio of independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who already is conducting a wide-ranging inquiry into the president's financial and campaign dealings during his tenure as Arkansas governor. Avoiding the issues In a live interview on CNN's "Late Edition," Gore defended the White House's handling of the files and said a policy will soon be in place to prevent anyone there from having access to FBI materials. "We are going to make sure new guidelines are further adhered to so something like this never happens again," Gore said from his farm in Carthage, Tennessee. "To the limits of my knowledge," the files did not wind up in the White House for political purposes, the vice president said. "I was sure it was some kind of bureaucratic foul-up . . . We still don't know what happened, but the wrong procedures were used." In a separate interview on CBS' Face The Nation, White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said it was "inexcusable" that White House personnel requested background files on people who worked in the Reagan and Bush administrations. But Panetta said there's no evidence that the files were misused. Both he and Gore criticized Republicans for attacking the White House. "They can't talk about the real matters facing America. They're out of ideas . . . so they want to bring up all of these other matters and try to pretend that these are the matters of primary concern to the American people. They're not," Gore said. Referring to Bob Dole, GOP presidential nominee-in-waiting, Panetta said: "He ought to be talking about the issues that effect the future." But Hatch, also interviewed on CBS, said Republicans supported Starr's investigation. "We're going to continue to follow this until we find out what those answers are." Gingrich wants files The administration also was being pressed by Republicans on another front. House Speaker Newt Gingrich Saturday renewed his threat to have White House officials declared in contempt of Congress if they don't turn over 2,000 pages of travel office files. "These people cannot continue to stonewall, obstruct, delay and lie. And they need to turn over those 2,000 pages by next Wednesday," Gingrich said. The White House has claimed executive privilege over the papers, which have been subpoenaed by a House committee. The committee is investigating the firing of seven travel office employees early in the Clinton administration and how the administration reacted to earlier inquiries into those dismissals. The Associated Press contributed to this report. 88888888888888888888888 cnn.com Hillary Clinton Questioned About FBI Files Whitewater prosecutors grill the first lady at the White House 88888888888888888888888888 newsmax.com Kennedy Admits He Kept FBI Files Christopher Ruddy October 18, 1998 88888888888888888888 pbs.org Transcript: June 26, 1996 8888888888888888888888 Letter from the ACLU to President Clinton about the FBI files.....!!!! archive.aclu.org