JSU*Toi
New Member
I wonder if he will run to his undisclose location.....now 
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The head of the General Accounting Office told CNN Friday the agency will sue Vice President Dick Cheney next week unless he agrees to provide information about the energy task force he ran last year.
"I think it's appropriate to provide the administration a few days to reconsider their position. I'm hopeful that they will provide us with the information we're seeking. It is a very reasonable and reasoned request. But the fuse is short," said GAO Comptroller General David Walker.
Walker said he would wait until after President Bush's State of the Union address Tuesday before going ahead with plans to file suit, since so many Bush administration aides are focused on that right now. But Walker said the GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, had to draw the line somewhere.
"This is about the right of the Congress to oversee the executive branch, the right of the GAO to assist Congress," he said. "Our concern is that never before have we had a situation where an administration has refused to provide this kind of information, whether it be a Democratic or Republican administration."
Cheney told Senate Republicans at a private meeting this week he has no intention of releasing the information being sought about the task force meetings, CNN has learned.
The GAO wants to know several things about last year's closed-door meetings -- including the names of energy executives who attended, when and where the meetings were held and how much they cost the taxpayers. A congressional aide said the GAO is not after minutes, transcripts and notes from the meetings.
For months, the White House has said there is no reason to provide details of the sessions and accused critics of engaging in a mere "fishing expedition."
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer has repeatedly said constituents have the right to meet with their government without being scrutinized.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The head of the General Accounting Office told CNN Friday the agency will sue Vice President Dick Cheney next week unless he agrees to provide information about the energy task force he ran last year.
"I think it's appropriate to provide the administration a few days to reconsider their position. I'm hopeful that they will provide us with the information we're seeking. It is a very reasonable and reasoned request. But the fuse is short," said GAO Comptroller General David Walker.
Walker said he would wait until after President Bush's State of the Union address Tuesday before going ahead with plans to file suit, since so many Bush administration aides are focused on that right now. But Walker said the GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, had to draw the line somewhere.
"This is about the right of the Congress to oversee the executive branch, the right of the GAO to assist Congress," he said. "Our concern is that never before have we had a situation where an administration has refused to provide this kind of information, whether it be a Democratic or Republican administration."
Cheney told Senate Republicans at a private meeting this week he has no intention of releasing the information being sought about the task force meetings, CNN has learned.
The GAO wants to know several things about last year's closed-door meetings -- including the names of energy executives who attended, when and where the meetings were held and how much they cost the taxpayers. A congressional aide said the GAO is not after minutes, transcripts and notes from the meetings.
For months, the White House has said there is no reason to provide details of the sessions and accused critics of engaging in a mere "fishing expedition."
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer has repeatedly said constituents have the right to meet with their government without being scrutinized.
