Vice President's Office Keeps Travel Expenses Under Wraps

[RedEarth]

Vice President's Office Keeps Travel Expenses Under Wraps


Tuesday, November 29, 2005; Page A19

Open-government advocates say that Vice President Cheney is to executive branch secrecy what darkness is to the night.

In 2001, Cheney famously refused to disclose the names of oil company executives and others who attended meetings of a White House energy task force that he headed, which helped draft a national energy policy.


More recently, a government watchdog group has called attention to less noticed records that Cheney has sought to keep private: travel costs.

In a report this month, the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity said Cheney and his staff have sidestepped regulations that require annual reporting of travel expenses of more than $250 received from outside groups. The center, which focuses on ethics and public service issues, said previous vice presidents routinely disclosed such payments for lodging, travel and food when the veep and his staff made appearances at colleges, think tanks and trade associations.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/28/AR2005112801446.html

[liberalitch]

1. remember travelgate during clinton's admin?

I guess they don't

[SpiralHawk]

2. CheneyGate - everthing this guy touches is corrupt and secret

What a beaut.

[WhiteTara]

3. glad to see someone keeps

stirring the nest and bringing more sh*t to the surface.