Posted on 01/27/2002 7:14:16 PM PST by TLBSHOW
Maybe we should start 'demanding' some accountability from the GAO re the Department of Energy expenditures. A full report covering the monies expended in the Department of Energy during the Clinton years would be a start.
"What, you say the records have been shredded???"
Oh, that's right, this guy worked for Arthur Andersen.
Don't tempt me..........
We are in charge of the game now. We are dictating the rules.
Isn't he the guy with the horse and the dog who wears the pajamas and the dual 45's and lives in the jungle?
Quick, someone, a graphic.
"David M. Walker, the head of the General Accounting Office, responded this evening in an interview that it was now "highly likely" that he would file a lawsuit against the Bush administration if Mr. Cheney did not turn over the documents by the end of this week. Of the vice president's assertion that the agency was overstepping its bounds, Mr. Walker, the comptroller general of the United States, replied, "Talk is cheap."
"Talk is cheap"? Boy, they're really goading Cheney to jump into this fight.
Don't like it one bit.
Major story here you know? Time to get Clinton and unleash the dogs.
EXACTLY ... Who is watching them???
hey moron........the thread was in place so you could respond to anything related to Drudge's radio program.
Time to fight the rats all the rats...Check this out
Washington - The General Accounting Office plans to file a lawsuit this week if the White House doesn't provide information about Vice President Dick Cheney's meetings with energy industry executives.
The suit, which would seek to force Cheney to provide details about his energy task force, would be the first legal action of its kind between the legislative and executive branches of government.
The ultimatum comes as lawmakers seek information about the influence Enron Corp. and other companies had on the White House's energy plan last year.
"We are on a short fuse and will make a decision [this] week on whether to file suit in federal court," said U.S. Comptroller General David Walker, who heads the GAO, Congress' investigative arm.
The White House for months has refused to provide the GAO with the details it wants on grounds that it would hurt presidents' ability to seek confidential policy advice.
"There are important principles at stake in ensuring that the president and vice president can continue to receive unvarnished advice necessary for good decision-making," White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan said. "We always understood this may end up in the courts, and we're prepared to stand on the constitutional principles."
The GAO has requested information about whom Cheney met with during the creation of the White House energy policy, when he met them, what they discussed and how much the task force cost. Congress has stepped up its demands for such details as it investigates how Enron collapsed late last year in the largest bankruptcy in history.
Cheney met with former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay while he was forming the White House energy policy, and the task force staff met with Enron officials four times.
Enron and its former auditor, the accounting firm Arthur Andersen, also are being investigated by the Justice Department for possible criminal violations. Andrew Weissman, head of the criminal division in the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office, reportedly has been selected to lead the Enron probe along with Leslie Caldwell. Weissman's notable cases include the prosecution of convicted mobster Vincent Gigante.
The Sierra Club last week sued Cheney's energy task force in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, seeking disclosure of the same information that the GAO and Congress want. That suit, which alleges a violation of the law that requires the White House to disclose information about committee meetings, asks the court to order the administration to give a "full accounting" of which corporate officials participated in drafting the national energy policy announced in May.
Democrats and environmentalists claim the administration's proposed policy heavily favors fossil fuels. The White House last week denied the plan contained special favors for Enron or any energy company.
(Pretty please?)
Adnd are we going to hear anything about this from the republicans Will they grow A BACKBONE THIS TIME ?
I think not but whose to say maybe there is a spine SOMEWHERE out there well think ill get me some coffee and stay up till its time to go to work cant sleep now anyway
DAMN DRUDGE YOU OWE ME SOME SLEEP OR AT LEAST A BOTTLE OF CONGNAC TO GET THERE !
Most Americans have to be reminded about the importance of little things like separation of powers and the principles of a representative government...and how it affects their lives. BIG job ahead...little time to do it.
I can almost hear the dimms chuckling.
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