"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Jeff Rigby" wrote in message
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"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...


Jeff, the problem is that the reasons for the secrecy were so obvious.
And, the secrecy benefited nobody except the participants. You may also be
assuming that I and others have a problem with secrecy in general, but
that's not true. When it benefits the country as a whole, I agree with it.
But, in this instance, it clearly did not.


Bull**** as to only Republicans being secret.about their meetings. How
about Hillary and Clinton's health plan meetings. SECRET! Even a Federal
Judge slammed them over it.