CHENEY ENERGY TASK FORCE DOCUMENTS FEATURE MAP OF IRAQI OILFIELDS

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse, said today that documents turned over by the Commerce Department, under court order as a result of Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit concerning the activities of the Cheney Energy Task Force, contain a map of Iraqi oilfields, pipelines, refineries and terminals, as well as 2 charts detailing Iraqi oil and gas projects, and “Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts.” The documents, which are dated March 2001, are available on the Internet....

they shouldn't practice this policy of secrecy. And in fact as a conservative organization(judicial Watch) that believes that the individual should have rights, that wants lesser government, the Bush administration should, being conservative as well, so it claims , welcome this decision.

If you're a conservative, you believe that the individual, the citizen, has rights. That's the fundamental principle of being a conservative. That the government is not all-powerful and is not like Big Brother and gets to hide things from you and make decisions for you.

So I don't understand the White House's policy. They would be well advised to change it. And it would be good for them politically to change it because they're creating a terrible impression with the American people that there's something there that's being hidden.

And here I had two Democrat judges voting for me here. Voting for Larry Klayman, a conservative. And the conservative judge really stretching things. I mean he really went way out on a limb and said, \"This act, this Federal Advisory Committee Act, where we're seeking these documents is unconstitutional.\"