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Transparency According to Carol Browner: "Put nothing in writing, ever"
Human Events ^ | 11/1/10 | Rep. Fred Upton

Posted on 11/01/2010 9:16:01 AM PDT by Nachum

“Put nothing in writing, ever,” sounds like a command a veteran CIA official may give to an incoming class of new officers. One would not expect such a directive to issue from one of the President’s trusted advisors, especially from a White House that proudly proclaims itself to be the most transparent in history. But according to various media reports, that “cloak and dagger” tactic was Energy and Climate Change Czar Carol Browner’s underlying rule for auto industry executives involved with secret negotiations concerning the federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.

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KEYWORDS: according; browner; carol; transparency

1 posted on 11/01/2010 9:16:05 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

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2 posted on 11/01/2010 9:19:44 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

Never put in writing when you can say.
Never say when you can wink.
Never wink when you can nod.


3 posted on 11/01/2010 9:20:18 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Nachum

Defund and Defang the EPA!


4 posted on 11/01/2010 9:23:22 AM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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To: AU72

Yep!


5 posted on 11/01/2010 9:26:29 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

Tranparency, communist style.


6 posted on 11/01/2010 9:40:32 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember (Character is defined by how we treat those who society says have no value.)
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To: Marty62

Now you tell me
Brett Favre


7 posted on 11/01/2010 9:45:07 AM PDT by Old Griz
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To: AU72

Say No More!


8 posted on 11/01/2010 9:45:19 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: Nachum; Grampa Dave; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SierraWasp; thackney; Southack; Marine_Uncle

These bastards will be the death of us, if we continue to let them have any say.The single most dangerous Fed Agency, IMHO, that exists today. I’m gonna keep my tagline until the EPA pries my cold, dead fingers from it.


9 posted on 11/01/2010 11:21:24 AM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (EPA will rule your life)
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To: BOBTHENAILER
From the article: "Given her absence from Capitol Hill for the last two years, there is little doubt that she will surely become a familiar face with Republicans in charge. We have questions, and the American people deserve answers. The free pass of zero-accountability for Obama Czars will soon end."
Hopefully we shall find this will be the case.
10 posted on 11/01/2010 12:23:13 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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To: Nachum

As opposed to Churchill, who in his history of WWII, said that he believed firmly in the written word.


11 posted on 11/01/2010 3:45:23 PM PDT by Loud Mime ("A question? What is it?" an interrogative statement used to gather knowledge.. Airplane!)
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To: Nachum

As opposed to Churchill, who in his history of WWII, said that he believed firmly in the written word.


12 posted on 11/01/2010 3:45:54 PM PDT by Loud Mime ("A question? What is it?" an interrogative statement used to gather knowledge.. Airplane!)
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