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Court Halts Suit Vs. Cheney Task Force
Sat Dec 7 14:41:13 2002
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Federal Judge Caves to White House Pressure, Lets Cheney Continue to Deceive and Mislead Public

Yet more proof that the U.S. "justice system" has become a "tradable commodity" for the rich and powerful. "The Bush administration succeeded Friday in temporarily stopping a lawsuit seeking documents about the inner workings of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force and its meetings with industry executives and lobbyists," reports AP. "A federal appeals court INDEFINITELY delayed Monday's deadline for the White House to produce task force documents or provide a detailed list of the documents it is withholding." So, wonder what bribe or threat Judge Emmit Sullivan caved in to? Of COURSE the White House wants a delay NOW!! We predict that two names high on the "secret list" are KEN LAY and HENRY KISSINGER. -Hey, maybe we haven't even dug deep enough here- I bet the Carlyle Group and maybe even the Bin Laden family are on the list.
Talk about a sick joke, though - Bush is threatening to BOMB another nation if they don't turn over all their state "secrets" with just a few months' notice - but Cheney is still not required to turn over HIS information after TWO YEARS, even though he is violating about a gazillion federal regulations and the U.S. Constitution. HYPOCRITES with a giant capital H
Cheryl

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Court Halts Suit Vs. Cheney Task Force

Enron Reps Met With Cheney 6 Times

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BY PETE YOST
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP)--The Bush administration succeeded Friday in temporarily stopping a lawsuit seeking documents about the inner workings of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force and its meetings with industry executives and lobbyists.

A federal appeals court indefinitely delayed Monday's deadline for the White House to produce task force documents or provide a detailed list of the documents it is withholding.

The two-page order said the court will schedule a date for arguments on whether to step into the case and consider the administration's request to put a halt to producing documents and providing testimony.

Two private groups, Judicial Watch and the Sierra Club, have sued, demanding the task force reveal documents about its meetings with industry representatives in formulating a plan that calls for expanded oil and gas drilling on public land and easing regulatory barriers to building nuclear power plants.

Government lawyers have argued the documents should be withheld because they are part of the deliberative process.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan originally sought the documents by Nov. 5, but extended the deadline.

The administration has been trying to persuade Sullivan to allow it to appeal his order to produce the documents. But Sullivan has said the administration has not shown adequate reason why he should turn the case over to the appeals court before a final judgment.

So the government is asking the appeals court for a writ of mandamus to consider the case.

Separately, the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, is asking the task force to publicly release information about its meetings with industry executives and lobbyists.

U.S. District Judge John Bates is considering the administration's motion to dismiss the GAO lawsuit as well.

In courtroom arguments in September, Deputy Solicitor General Paul Clement said Congress has ways to seek the information other than relying on the GAO. Congress could subpoena them or seek information through the appropriations process, said Clement.

Carter Phillips, an attorney representing the comptroller general, argued that dismissing the case, as Cheney's attorney asked, would impede the GAO's ability to do its work as the investigative agency of Congress.

AP-NY-12-06-02 1926EST

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