IP: Project On Government Oversight (POGO) leaders subpoenaed!

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:06:07 -0800
> From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com>
> Subject: Project On Government Oversight (POGO) leaders subpoenaed!
>
> > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 12:01:21 -0700
> > From: Beth Daley <beth () pogo org>
> > To: POGO Friends & Allies <pogo () pogo org>
> > Subject: May 4th Hearing on POGO
> >
> > ALERT to POGO Friends and Allies --
> >
> > WHAT:   POGO's entire Board & assistant director Keith Rutter have
> > been subpoenaed to appear at a Congressional hearing on the Project On
> > Government Oversight (POGO)
> >
> > WHO:  House Resources Committee/Subcommittee on Energy & Mineral
> > Resources -- Chairman Don Young & Subcommittee Chairwoman Barbara Cubin
> >
> > WHEN:  10:00 am, Thursday, May 4, 2000 (get there early, Big Oil's
> > lobbyists will be lining up)
> >
> > WHERE:  1324 Longworth House Office Building
> >
> > YOU CAN HELP!!!  Give us a call or stop by our offices (1900 L St NW
> > #314) on Wednesday, May 3rd if you'd like to get a free POGO t-shirt to
> > wear to the May 4th hearing to show you are in solidarity with us.  We
> > will also have buttons at the hearing.
> > _______
> >
> > BACKGROUND:  We sincerely appreciated the wonderful outpouring of
> > support when POGO refused to comply with Don Young's unconstitutional
> > subpoenas for our phone records in February.  More than 100 nonprofits
> > supported our decision.  Unfortunately, Young and the Committee's
> > harassment campaign continues.
> >
> > This May 4th hearing is the culmination of a year-long retaliatory
> > attack on POGO for forcing the government to act to retrieve a projected
> > ½ BILLION dollars that big oil companies shortchanged for drilling on
> > federal and Indian lands.
> >
> > Young and Cubin (3rd & 7th largest recipients respectively of oil & gas
> > industry campaign contributions in the House) have intentionally used
> > their Committees to divert attention from Big Oil's royalty
> > underpayments.  Failing in this effort, they have resorted to attacking
> > POGO with numerous unsubstantiated and malicious lies in press releases,
> > the media, and in Committee meetings.
> >
> > We are working hard to make sure that this hearing gets the attention it
> > deserves -- and that, in the future, other public interest groups aren't
> > tortured for their advocacy.  We welcome and need your help, input,
> > ideas.
> >
> > To learn more about attacks on POGO, visit our web site at
> > http://www.pogo.org or give us a call.  Please help us spread the word.
> > Thanks for your support!
> >
> > --
> > Beth M. Daley
> > Director of Public Affairs
> > Project On Government Oversight
> > 1900 L Street, NW, Suite 314, Washington, DC 20036
> > Phone 202-466-5539 / Fax 202-466-5596
> > Web http://www.pogo.org
> >
> > The Project On Government Oversight's (POGO) mission is to
> > investigate, expose, and remedy abuses of power, mismanagement,
> > and subservience by the federal government to powerful special
> > interests.