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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.

Well, that's wrong, too. I wonder why a federal judge didn't slam your
president over HIS secret meetings. Do you wonder?


He is also YOUR president! I voted for Badnarik.


No. I disowned the chimp within 15 seconds of his opening his mouth on TV
for the first time. If he were my son, I would've smothered him with a
pillow and started over.


Don't work that way.


Yeah it does. I didn't agree with everything his father said or did, but I
respected the man. This one's nothing but a cardboard silhouette propped up
by his keepers. Not mine.