Cheney Stifled Energy Probe, GAO Investigators Say (surprised?)

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Cheney Stifled Energy Probe, GAO Investigators Say
Mon Aug 25, 4:42 PM ET


By Peter Kaplan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional investigators said on Monday that Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) had stymied their investigation into his energy task force by refusing to turn over key documents.

The General Accounting Office (news - web sites), the investigative arm of Congress, said it was impossible to tell how much energy companies or industry groups may have influenced the task force's 2001 report because the administration withheld important records.


"The extent to which submissions from any of these stakeholders were solicited, influenced policy deliberations or were incorporated into the final report is not something that we can determine based on the limited information at our disposal," the GAO said.


Administration officials did not account for much of the money spent on the task force and could not remember whether anyone took official notes during the 10 Cabinet-level meetings the group held in 2001, the investigators said.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030825/ts_nm/energy_cheney_dc_1

Can't account for money spent or notes taken ..... and these people are " our leaders".

They had to have spent a few pennies on those beautiful "Iraq maps"...

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. The story is spreading.

It started in Reuters, then the Washington Post, and now Yahoo is carrying it.

Here's a dup thread:

http://democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=82655