The WaPo Energy Task Force "list"...
Susie emailed me the link this morning, and being three hours behind here in sunny California, I had not yet seen it. Of course the general question of which "White House official" leaked the list is always relevant too. I've only had a short time to glance over the article and list and am not surprised to see 1) the WaPo make the mistake that Gale Norton actually founded the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy with Grover Norquist (it was Italia Federici's project from the beginning - Norton was just a figurehead), and 2) that CREA had one of the earliest meetings with the task force, on February 22, 2001. The latter date, btw, was a full five months before Federici's romantic partner, Steve Griles, was confirmed as Dep. Sec. of the Interior, so it's clear Federici's pull is not a product of that relationship. In fact, I suspect that it was Federici who smoothed the way for Griles' with her old friend, Gale Norton.
I'll write up more, but this morning is busy with personal legal stuff, so all this will have to wait.
