[bybybill]

Time to take a look at the real world. The President has always had the right to get confidential advice from private citizens. To insist that those people and their views be made public is naive.For example, what about information on other counties given to POTUS by an foreign ambassador? That should be made public? We all need to think before we post.

[Demidog]

The President has always had the right to get confidential advice from private citizens.

These were official meetings to determine energy policy. Not some phone call from a friend or briefing on national security (whatever that means anymore).