Show ' The Herald Journal Logan' Utah Thursday February 28 2002 — A5 Judge: Release Cheney task force records WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday orderedthe Energy Department to release thousands of records on Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy task force criticizing the government for moving at “a glacial pace” ' The ruling by UJS District Judge Gladys Kessler could undermine the Bush administration’s effort to keep secret the names of industry executives and lobbyists who met with the White House as it formulated its energy plan last spring The General Accounting Office and a conservative group Judicial Watch have filed separate lawsuits trying to force the While House to turn over the material Starting March 25 the Energy Department must turn over its documents to the Natural Resources Defense Council an environmental must complete the House is not “I don’t know that it’s possible for certain to tell what the documents will reveal but obviously the DOE stonewalled us for almost a year and they presumably had a reason to do that” Said Rob Perks a spokesman for the environmental group The government says 7500 pages on Cheney’s task force are responsive to the NRDC’s request The department will continue to withhold many documents and will issue a list of them along with the legal reasons they are being kept Energy has been woefully tardy” in processing the nonprofit group’s request wrote Kessler “After making a virtually A meaningless release of some form letters back in May of 2001 the department has done little of substance — apart from collecting and organiz-ing responsive documents” the judge added “What is even more distressing is that" there were at least 11 other requests for the same docu- secret' “There can be little question that the Department of ments The government has no legal justification “for work- ing at a glacial pace” NRDC attorney Sharon Buccino praised the ruling saying “the court has protect- ed the public’s fundamental right to know what its government is doing” In a statement the environmental group expressed confidence that with the court victory in hand the NRDC “expects to make public — for the first time since the task force was formed more than a year ago — the names of participants dates of meetings and the topics discussed “That information will expose which energy companies or industry lobbyists influenced the work DOE staff did on the energy plan” said the environmental group’s statement Bush-Chenf- DMUfit 1FEM4PHEM-- ©dey cy URGENT TIME DEADLINES FREE MEDICAL SCREENING NO FEES OR COSTS UNLESS YOU RECOVER Age 36: When can we retire? 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