State 1 reason why you think that Cheney wants to keep...

[ck4829]

His Energy Task Force a secret from the People.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_task_force

[liberal N proud]

1. Profit, for him and his oil buddies

[H2O Man]

2. For our own good!

Are you suggesting that Dick would have any other reason?

[acmavm]

3. Because they hatched some really nasty plans that included destabilizing

the Middle East and causing the take-over of sovereign nations which is not kosher. And if a few thousand on our side and the other get killed, well that's just a cost of doing business with the major oil companies, who have ruled this country for decades.

[rox63]

4. That's where the planning

for the Iraq War really started. With the oil company execs.

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Here's the original plan that they published

right before Cheney had his secret Energy Task Force. I would be willing to guess that Cheney's plan and the list of participants aren't much different then this one.

Strategic Energy Policy Challenges for the 21ST Century

Report of an Independent Task Force Cosponsored by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University and the Council on Foreign Relations


TASK FORCE MEMBERS

ODEH ABURDENE is managing partner of Capital Trust S.A.

GRAHAM ALLISON is Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s John F.Kennedy
School of Government and Douglas Dillon Professor of Government.

JOSEPH C.B ELL is a Partner with Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P.

PATRICK C LAWSON is Director for Research at the Washington Institute
for Near East Policy

FRANCES D.C OOK heads the Ballard Group LLC

JACK L.COPELAND is Chairman of Copeland Consulting International

CHARLES B.C URTIS is Senior Adviser to the United Nations
Foundation and the President of NTI

TOBY T.G ATI is Senior International Adviser at Akin,Gump,Strauss,
Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.

LUIS GIUSTI currently serves as Non-Executive Director of “Shell”
Transport and Trading, and as Senior Adviser to the Center for
Strategic and International Studies.

DAVID L.GOLDWYN is the principal of Goldwyn International Strategies,
LLC.

MICHELT.H ALBOUTY is an internationally renowned earth scientist
and engineer.

AMYMYERS JAFFE is the senior energy adviser at the James A.Baker
III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University and President of AMJ Energy Consulting.

MELANIE A.KENDERDINE is the Vice President of the Gas Technology
Institute.

JOSEPH P.K ENNEDY II is Chairman and President of Citizens
Energy Corporation.

MARIE-JOSEEKRAVIS is an Economist and Senior Fellow at the Hudson
Institute.

KENNETH LAY is Chairman and CEO of Enron Corporation.

JOHN H.LICHTBLAU is Chairman and CEO of Petroleum Industry
Research Foundation, Inc.

JOHN A.MANZONI is Regional President for British Petroleum in
the eastern United States.

THOMAS F.M CLARTY III is Vice Chairman of Kissinger McLarty
Associates.

ERIC D.K.MELBY is a Senior Fellow with the Forum for International
Policy and a principal in the Scowcroft Group.

SARAHMILLER is Editorial Vice President and Group Editor of the
Energy Intelligence Group.

STEVEN L. MILLER is Chairman of the board of directors, President,
and CEO of Shell Oil Company.

ERNEST J.M ONIZ is a Professor of Physics and former Head of the
Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

EDWARD L.MORSE is Executive Advisor at Hess Energy Trading
Co., LLC.

SHIRLEY NEFF is an Economist for the Democrats on the Senate
Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

DAVID O’REILLY is Chairman of the Board and CEO 0f Chevron-
Texaco.

KENNETH RANDOLPH is General Counsel and Secretary of Dynegy,
Inc.

PETER ROSENTHAL is Chief Correspondent on energy and
commodities for Bridge News.

GARY N.ROSS is Chief Executive Officer of the PIRA Energy Group.

JEFFERSON B.S EABRIGHT is Vice President of Policy Planning for
Texaco, Inc.

ADAM SIEMINSKI is the Director and Global Energy Strategist at
Deutsche Banc Alex.

MATHEW SIMMONS is President of Simmons & Company International,
a specialized energy investment bank.

RONALD SOLIGO is a Professor of Economics at Rice University.

MICHAEL D.T USIANI has been Chairman and CEO of Poten &
Partners since 1983.

PHILIP K.V ERLEGER JR.is President of PK Verleger LLC and a
Principal with the Brattle Group.

ENZO VISCUSI is Group Senior Vice President and Representative
for the Americas of Eni.

CHUCK WATSON is the Chairman and CEO of Houston Dynegy Inc.

WILLIAM H.W HITE is President of the Wedge Group Inc.

DANIEL YERGEN is Chairman of Cambridge Energy Research
Associates.

MINE YÜCEL is Senior Economist and Assistant Vice President,
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Energy_TaskForce.pdf

[patricia92243]

5. So energy can be used as a weapon- California as an example.

Brownouts = discontented people = vote out "the cause of it all" which is the Democrat governor. Then vote in Republican - Arnold - who will eventually get the state rezoned Republican - like they did in Texas..

Energy as weapon.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

7. It involves stealing contracts away from other nations... and it

involves stealing other nations... well, not exactly stealing, just
nullifying, cancelling, bombing and forcefully installing puppet regimes.

[July]

8. Because of the names of the people in attendance.

If there were oil company executives or foreign nationals (Prince Bandar?), he won't want that coming out now. In addition, the list of names will show who WASN'T included -- e.g., environmentalists.

[Just Me]

9. To conceal the actual motive behind the Iraq war. n/t