Reply #42: Addington the Gatekeeper.

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The minutes to Sneer's secret ENRON Energy Task Force meetings would show, IMFO, a clear design on Iraq's then-nationalized oil fields.

Enron in 6 energy policy meetings

Cheney's counsel: Firm's finances weren't discussed

By William L. Watts
CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last update: 5:55 p.m. EST Jan. 8, 2002

WASHINGTON CBS MW -- Enron representatives met six times last year to discuss energy policy with Vice President Dick Cheney or members of his energy task force, a White House attorney told a Democratic lawmaker.

Cheney met only once with Ken Lay, chief executive of the collapsed energy giant, on April 17 to discuss energy policy matters, David Addington, counsel to the vice president, wrote in a letter dated Jan. 4.

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Enron (ENE) and task force officials discussed only policy matters and never talked about the company's financial position, according to Addington.

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Waxman, in a letter to Cheney, responded that the information provided by Addington shows that "access provided to Enron far exceeded the access provided by the White House to other parties interested in energy policy."

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Addington said the Enron meetings weren't out of the ordinary.

"The group's support staff held such meetings with a broad representation of people potentially affected by the group's work," he wrote.

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Thanks for the excellent reminder, OnceUponTimeOnTheNet. These warmongers are busted.