For those who didn't know,

at the beginning of the Bush admin, right before oil went from $15/bbl/ to over $140, the "Dick Cheney Task Force', on energy, met in secret. Many have used the 'Freedom of Information Act' to find out who/what/where, but all attempts at getting info have been stonewalled. This is what we do know.

Many private energy industry executives participated in the Task Force. In particular, those identified as having been involved included then-Enron President and (convicted felon) Chairman Kenneth Lay, lobbyists Haley Barbour and Marc Racicot, and the head of Exxon-Mobil, whose company went on to post (world)  all-time record profits.  In April 2001, the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group, sought to obtain the records of the task force meetings. [3] In July 2001 Judicial Watch filed suit on the grounds that the administration was not "in compliance with the Federal Advisory Commission Act (FACA), which mandates that certain documents, task force members, meetings, and decision-making activities be open to the public." [4] Judicial Watch argued that the acting as energy lobbyists -- "regularly attended and fully participated" in the group's meetings held behind closed doors, and were in fact members of the group. The Sierra Club also filed suit. (The two actions were later merged.) "At issue is whether Cheney allowed private energy lobbyists and big-name campaign contributors to participate in the work of the group, and if so, whether that information should be made public," UPI reported. [5] The information still has not been released, but we do know the price of oil went up nearly ten-fold.  Now, as big oil threatens to bankrupt us, again, look at the origins of $100/bbl oil. Don't believe it? Google it.....