"DSK" wrote in message
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Nope, I understood that the people who attended the meeting did so only
if their names were not released.

Well, that's not an option.

The U.S. government has NO right to keep secrets from U.S. citizens, with
a few noteworthy exceptions.

It is NOT legal, under the Constitution, to declare a policy or policy
meeting or policy-makers names secret, just as a matter of personal
preference.

It is an option and has been upheld as a right of the executive branch.


Jeff Rigby wrote:
If you can't get the planners for our energy suppliers to come talk with
you unless their names are withheld from the press then what do you do.

Get other planners who will. Do you think there isn't a long long list of
people, some of whom are not necessarily motivated by profit over
patriotism, who would like to give high-level advice on national energy
policy?

One of the problems we have is that there aren't any others. There are too
few home grown energy suppliers in this country, many of our top suppliers
especially in the N.E. are owned by foreign companies who don't want us
energy independent. That limits the list to a select few energy suppliers.

Again, the names and content of the meeting were kept secret because of the
partisan politics being played in this country. Look at your reaction for
instance...