Supreme Court to hear Cheney Energy case
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| Mon, 12-15-2003 - 11:17am |
By Anne Gearan
Associated Press Writer
Monday, December 15, 2003; 10:32 AM
The Supreme Court said Monday it will settle a fight stemming from Vice President Dick Cheney's contacts with the energy industry as the Bush administration was drafting its energy policy.
The court agreed to hear an appeal from the administration, which is fighting a lawsuit over the relationships between industry and the energy task force Cheney assembled. The panel met for several months in 2001 and issued a report that favored opening more public lands to oil and gas drilling and proposes a wide range of other steps supported by industry.
The suit, brought by environmental and energy groups, seeks to force the administration to provide details about the panel's records and inner workings. The groups allege the industry representatives in effect functioned as members of the government panel, which included Cabinet secretaries and lower-level government employees.
Full story at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1591-2003Dec15.html

You beat me to it, was just going to post this story.
As secretive as Cheney, & this admin. is, I seriously doubt too much will be found out.