Did you know that the Washington Post got hold of a list of the attendees of those "energy task force" meetings held in early 2001? You remember. This was probably the first hint of Dick Cheney's fetish for secrecy, even before 9/11. A NY Times editorial mentioned it, so I looked at the WaPo's site.
Here's the article I found. You might also read the transcript of an interview with one of the reporters who wrote the article.
No huge surprises; i.e., probably whomever you suspected was there, was there. Still, it's good to get these things on the record.
Here's a nice example of the Orwellian naming and incestuousness that characterizes the Bush & Cronies' way of doing business:
One advocacy group that visited was the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy, founded in 1998 by Grover Norquist and Gale A. Norton, who became Bush's first interior secretary. Later, the group was run by Italia Federici, who was involved socially with Steven Griles. Griles, then Norton's deputy at Interior, was recently sentenced to prison for obstructing a Senate investigation of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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