Did oil executives lie to Congress about meetings with VP Cheney?
Two weeks ago, when oil executives From Exxon, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Royal Dutch/Shell and BP testified before Congress, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) asked all five executives: “Did your company or any representatives of your companies participate in Vice President Cheney’s energy task force in 2001?” All five said no or that they didn’t know (the executives had not been sworn in under oath at the request of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)). Last week, the Washington Post reported on a White House document that showed that executives from at least of those four companies had met with Andrew Lundquist, who was the head of Cheney’s energy task force. Now, Democrat senators want the oil executives to come back and testify again, this time under oath. “I join my Democratic colleagues in demanding that these oil executives be brought back to Congress, sworn in and forced to testify again,” said Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic leader. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), who is the chairman of