Energy task force - Definition

The Energy Task Force, commonly known as the Cheney Energy Task Force after Vice President of the United States of America and former CEO of Halliburton, Dick Cheney.

The activities of the Energy Task Force remain classified, even though Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests (since 19 April, 2001) have sought to gain access to its materials. The organisations Judicial Watch and Sierra Club launched a law suit (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia: Judicial Watch Inc. v. Department of Energy, et al., Civil Action No. 01-0981) under the FOIA to gain access to the task force's materials. On 5 March, 2002 the US Government was ordered to make a full disclosure; this has not happened. In the Summer of 2003 a partial disclosure of these materials was made by the Commerce Department.

What was obtained was maps and charts, dated March 2001, of Iraq's, Saudi Arabia's and United Arab Emirates' oil fields, pipelines, refineries, tanker terminals and development projects. One of the projects disclosures was entitled "Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts".

External Links

From Judicial Watch:

• The task force's map of Iraq (http://www.judicialwatch.org/IraqOilMap.pdf)
• The task force's map of Saudi Arabia (http://www.judicialwatch.org/SAOilMap.pdf)
• The task force's map of UAE (http://www.judicialwatch.org/UAEOilMap.pdf)

Other Sources:

• Details surrounding the Task Force from Project Censored (http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2005/8.html)