[Media-watch] "CHENEY ENERGY TASK FORCE HAD MAPS OF IRAQI OILFIELDS"

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CHENEY ENERGY TASK FORCE HAD MAPS OF IRAQI OILFIELDS
By Joel Stonington, Utne.com
Documents from Dick Cheney's May 2001 energy task
force, released under court order to the public
interest group Judicial Watch, include charts and maps
detailing Iraqi oilfields, pipelines, and refineries.
You will  find more here:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/071703.b_PR.shtml

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 17, 2003	Contact: Press Office
(202) 646-5172
MEDIA ADVISORY 

CHENEY ENERGY TASK FORCE DOCUMENTS FEATURE MAP OF
IRAQI OILFIELDS


Commerce & State Department Reports to Task Force
Detail Oilfield & Gas Projects, Contracts &
Exploration

Saudi Arabian & UAE Oil Facilities Profiled As Well

 

(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 at: www.JudicialWatch.org. 

The Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates (UAE)
documents likewise feature a map of each country’s
oilfields, pipelines, refineries and tanker terminals.
There are supporting charts with details of the major
oil and gas development projects in each country that
provide information on the projects, costs, capacity,
oil company and status or completion date.

Judicial Watch has been seeking these documents under
FOIA since April 19, 2001. Judicial Watch was forced
to file a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia (Judicial Watch Inc. v.
Department of Energy, et al., Civil Action No.
01-0981) when the government failed to comply with the
provisions of the FOIA law. U.S. District Court Judge
Paul J. Friedman ordered the government to produce the
documents on March 5, 2002.

The documents were produced in response to Judicial
Watch’s on-going efforts to ensure transparency and
accountability in government on behalf of the American
people. Judicial Watch aggressively pursues those
goals by making FOIA requests and seeking access to
public information concerning government operations.
When the government fails to abide by these “sunshine
laws” Judicial Watch files lawsuits in order to obtain
the requested information and to hold responsible
government officials accountable.

“These documents show the importance of the Energy
Task Force and why its operations should be open to
the public,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom
Fitton.


Click here for: MAPS AND CHARTS OF OILFIELDS: 
http://www.judicialwatch.org/071703.c_.shtml
CHENEY ENERGY TASK FORCE


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