Dick Cheney's Last Laugh - BP spill & the secret energy task force. | |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 826286 United States 06/12/2010 02:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "The open-government group Judicial Watch tried to pry details of the task force's deliberations from the administration in June, arguing that the sessions qualified as public information under the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the open-meetings law. The US General Accounting Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, also sought information on which industry executives and lobbyists had attended the gatherings. But in the first of many clashes over presidential secrecy, the White House rejected those requests, arguing that it was entitled to conduct the meetings behind closed doors thanks to executive privilege." There IS NO TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1000573 United States 06/12/2010 03:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 2008, Halliburton gets $200 million contract to plan and build emergency evacuation cities in US March 2010, DHS does drill on "Spill of National Significance" April 2010, Halliburton buys world's largest oil spill cleanup company, Boots and Coots, for more that actual stock/cash vaule, outright for cash. April 18 2010, Halliburton performs failed "cementing" contract on BP leased rig. Apil 20, rig blows... connect the dots |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 826286 United States 06/12/2010 03:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 2008, Halliburton gets $200 million contract to plan and build emergency evacuation cities in US Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1000573March 2010, DHS does drill on "Spill of National Significance" April 2010, Halliburton buys world's largest oil spill cleanup company, Boots and Coots, for more that actual stock/cash vaule, outright for cash. April 18 2010, Halliburton performs failed "cementing" contract on BP leased rig. Apil 20, rig blows... connect the dots Is THAT what they're for? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 875471 United States 06/12/2010 03:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This isn't a Bush/Cheney thing but more a new guy in office undoing all the things the last guy did and the next guy will have his way after "O". That being said though, this is what the powers to be constituents wanted, this is why they were voted into office to begin with. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1000573 United States 06/12/2010 03:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 2008, Halliburton gets $200 million contract to plan and build emergency evacuation cities in US Quoting: Anonymous Coward 826286March 2010, DHS does drill on "Spill of National Significance" April 2010, Halliburton buys world's largest oil spill cleanup company, Boots and Coots, for more that actual stock/cash vaule, outright for cash. April 18 2010, Halliburton performs failed "cementing" contract on BP leased rig. Apil 20, rig blows... connect the dots Is THAT what they're for? where do you think they will evac 20 million Gulf residents to, anyway? |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 826286 United States 06/12/2010 03:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This isn't a Bush/Cheney thing but more a new guy in office undoing all the things the last guy did and the next guy will have his way after "O". Quoting: Anonymous Coward 875471That being said though, this is what the powers to be constituents wanted, this is why they were voted into office to begin with. This is where it started according to the report. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 826286 United States 06/12/2010 07:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | BP officials were among those who "gave detailed energy policy recommendations" to the administration, though when that fact came to light, the company refused to comment on those meetings. We still don't know what specific policy areas BP execs weighed in on. Perhaps it's little surprise that BP recently hired Cheney's former press secretary, a public defender of the secret task force, to help the company with crisis communication after the spill. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1001005 United States 06/12/2010 07:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is an interesting historical summary, OP, but the recent 60 minutes interview is more insightful. They apparently wrecked one drilling attempt and had to start over with a new one when they were already behind schedule. The rush to get that thing online at all costs without any respect for safety is the real disaster here. |