-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 10:23 AM Subject: FC: More on "posting reports on chemical plants" Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 08:18:41 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Gull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: Posting reports on chemical plants soon a crime? A natural first reaction to Tom Bliley's proposal to prevent citizens from disclosing or disseminating information regarding chemical plant safety is that chemical companies must have Bliley in their collective pocket. Or perhaps he really believes in selling not only our liberty, but our safety, down the river in the name of protecting us from terrorism. Who knows? Anyway, it's very enlightening to see who's buttering Bliley's bread.... The following is a list of contributions Congressman Tom Bliley received during the 1997-98 campaign season from PACs associated with chemical companies. Also included in a separate list is a list of contributions from petroleum-related PACs (since it seems likely that Bliley's reasoning, if not the particulars of the bill he has in mind, will protect petroleum refiners, processors, etc. from having to disclose publicly their safety records). Another interesting tidbit is that from 1995-98, Bliley received $100,400 from the Nuclear Energy Institute. (To be fair, practically everyone on the Commerce Committee got money from NEI, and John Dingell (D-MI), the ranking majority member at the time, got more than Bliley. But most got far less.) Let's hope that Bliley doesn't continue trying to "protect" us by banning disclosure of nuclear plant safety information, too. [Sources: FECInfo web site (http://www.tray.com/fecinfo/); Public Citizen web site (http://www.citizen.org/congress/)] Thomas Jerome Bliley, Jr. 1997-98 PAC Contributions -- Chemical Manufacturers, Refiners, and Institutes AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC POLITICAL ALLIANCE 03/08/98 $1,000.00 contribution AMERICAN WOOD PRESERVERS INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 09/23/98 $500.00 contribution ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, ARCO PAC 12/08/97 $1,000.00 contribution CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 10/29/97 $1,000.00 contribution CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 01/20/98 $1,000.00 contribution DUPONT GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND 04/03/98 -$1,500.00 contribution 04/03/98 $1,500.00 contribution 04/03/98 $1,500.00 contribution DUPONT PHARMACEUTICALS CO PAC FKA DUPONT MERCK PHARMACEUTICALS CO PROGRAM ACTIVE CITIZENS 10/01/97 $1,000.00 contribution EASTPAC, POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 08/21/97 $1,000.00 contribution GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND (GOODYEAR GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND) 10/06/98 $1,000.00 contribution 07/08/97 $1,000.00 contribution KERR-MCGEE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 04/11/97 $1,000.00 contribution NALCO CHEMICAL COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 10/16/98 $1,000.00 contribution POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF EMPLOYEES OF THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (PACE) 09/22/98 $1,500.00 contribution SOLUTIA INC CITIZENSHIP FUND A/K/A SOLUTIA CITIZENSHIP FUND (FKA QUEENY CHEMICAL CO...) 10/08/98 $500.00 contribution 1997-98 PAC Contributions -- Petroleum/Oil/Gas/Energy Companies (Does Not Include Primarily Coal or Electrical Delivery Companies) ALLEGHENY ENERGY INC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALLEGHENY POWERPAC - FEDERAL) 03/23/98 $1,000.00 contribution AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT; THE 03/07/97 $1,000.00 contribution 10/30/98 $1,000.00 contribution ANKER ENERGY CORPORATION (ANKERPAC) 07/13/98 $1,000.00 contribution BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BG&E PAC) 04/29/97 $1,000.00 contribution CINERGY CORP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 04/24/97 $1,000.00 contribution 02/18/98 $1,000.00 contribution CMS ENERGY CORP EMPLOYEES FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT (FKA CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY...) 04/28/97 $1,000.00 contribution CNG TRANSMISSION CORPORATION CONCERNED EMPLOYEES POLITICAL TEAM "CONCEPT" 05/02/97 $500.00 contribution COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT - VIRGINIA NATURAL GAS INC 02/03/98 $500.00 contribution COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVT- VIRGINA POWER, NORTH CAROLINA POWER & DOMINION RESOURCES 10/28/98 -$500.00 contribution 10/12/98 $750.00 contribution 10/20/98 $500.00 contribution 03/10/97 $1,000.00 contribution 03/10/97 -$1,000.00 contribution 03/17/98 $750.00 contribution 03/31/98 -$750.00 contribution 03/31/98 $1,000.00 contribution 11/17/97 $750.00 contribution CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS SERVICE COMPANY, INC. EXECUTIVES' POLITICAL FUND (CONPAC) 04/30/97 $1,000.00 contribution 04/20/98 $333.00 contribution DTE ENERGY COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE-FEDERAL "EDPAC" FKA DETROIT EDISON PAC-STATE 12/10/97 $1,000.00 contribution EDISON INTERNATIONAL PAC 04/15/98 $1,000.00 contribution 01/16/98 $2,000.00 contribution 06/20/97 $1,000.00 contribution EL PASO ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, THE 03/24/98 $1,000.00 contribution 04/09/97 $1,000.00 contribution ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 09/25/97 $1,000.00 contribution ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION PAC-NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC (ECPAC) 10/01/98 $2,000.00 contribution EMPLOYEES FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION "DUKEPAC" 04/14/97 $1,000.00 contribution EMPLOYEES OF ENTERGY OPERATIONS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EMPAC) 04/02/98 $1,000.00 contribution 11/05/97 $1,000.00 contribution ENPAC-LA PAC/LA EMPL/ENTERGY SVC INC ENTERGY GULFSTATE INC ENTERGY LA INC/ENTERGY N OR INC 04/08/97 $1,000.00 contribution ENRON CORP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 11/10/97 $1,000.00 contribution 05/27/97 $1,000.00 contribution FPL PAC, FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 04/22/97 $1,000.00 contribution HOUSTON INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HIPAC) 03/26/98 $1,000.00 contribution 04/23/97 $2,000.00 contribution INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 04/25/97 $1,000.00 contribution 04/15/98 $1,609.00 in-kind contribution 07/14/97 $844.00 in-kind contribution KOCH INDUSTRIES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) 09/18/97 $1,000.00 contribution 03/24/98 $1,000.00 contribution 11/10/98 -$1,000.00 contribution 11/11/97 $1,000.00 contribution 07/09/98 $1,000.00 contribution MCN ENERGY GROUP FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 03/23/98 $1,000.00 contribution MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE A/K/A MOBIL PAC 09/12/97 $1,000.00 contribution NATIONAL FUEL GAS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NFG FEDPAC) 03/17/98 $1,000.00 contribution 04/10/97 $1,000.00 contribution NEW ENGLAND ELECTRIC PAC ESTABLISHED BY NEW ENGLAND POWER SERVICE COMPANY (NEEPAC) 04/30/97 $1,000.00 contribution OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 07/29/98 $1,000.00 contribution 08/06/97 $1,000.00 contribution OHIO VALLEY COAL COMPANY PAC; THE 07/25/98 $500.00 contribution PANENERGY CORP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 06/06/97 $1,000.00 contribution PECO ENERGY COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA: PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY PAC) 05/02/97 $1,000.00 contribution PETROLEUM MARKETERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA/SMALL BUSINESSCOMMITTEE 10/15/98 $1,000.00 contribution 11/20/97 $750.00 contribution 04/19/97 $1,000.00 contribution 09/28/98 $750.00 contribution PG&E CORPORATION ENERGYPAC 02/05/98 $2,000.00 contribution 06/04/98 $181.00 in-kind contribution 03/03/98 $2,000.00 contribution POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION EMPLOYEES (POWER PAC) 04/18/97 $1,000.00 contribution SHELL OIL COMPANY EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL AWARENESS COMMITTEE 08/19/97 $1,000.00 contribution SONAT INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 04/30/97 $1,000.00 contribution SOUTHERN COMPANY - SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY INC PAC 04/29/97 $1,000.00 contribution SUN COMPANY INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 05/08/98 $1,000.00 contribution == Jason Gull [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 12:37:07 -0500 From: James Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: Posting reports on chemical plants soon a crime? Declan McCullagh wrote: > > ********** > > http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/17841.html > > Chemical Plants Under Wraps > by Declan McCullagh > > 3:00 a.m. 10.Feb.99.PST > WASHINGTON -- Claiming terrorists could > "obtain all this potentially dangerous > information," the chairman of the House > Commerce committee said Tuesday he > wants to make it unlawful to publish > reports about chemical-plant safety on > the Internet. > > "I don't think that we can go too far to > prevent terrorism," said Tom Bliley, a > Virginia Republican. Or to protect polluters from hearing from pissed off neighbors! Good story. jamie -- James Love, Consumer Project on Technology P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036 202.387.8030; f 202.234.5176 http://www.cptech.org, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 09:38:07 -0800 From: Thomas Leavitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: Posting reports on chemical plants soon a crime? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR... this is outrageous! If my house is sitting next to a facility that has the potential to turn my neighborhood into a mini (or mega) Bhopal, I want to know about it! And I want to see the information first hand, not relayed through petty bureaucrats and politicos whose hands have probably been greased by campaign donations from fearful corporate lackeys. The principles applied here could be extended to almost any information of significance (of course, the only time they will be is when corporate lobbyists have an interest in that occuring). No comprehensive database of dams and levees (would make it easy for terrorists to target critical infrastructure). If I were a civil engineer or a professional environmental activist, I could probably think of a dozen more examples. This is utterly absurd. The government is paying millions and millions of dollars to collect information critical to the health and welfare of our communities, and then doing it's best to make sure no one can get at it. Seems to me that the National Security complex is demonstrating that it is a far greater hazard to the rights and health and welfare of the average citizen than any group of "terrorists" will ever be. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin, ~1784 Never more accurate! I know whose side Ben would be on in this issue! GRRR! Thomas -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: TomLeavitt Business Cellphone: 1-408-591-3342 (w/voicemail) Alphanumeric page: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ICQ #16455919 Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 11:04:18 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: Posting reports on chemical plants soon a crime? Sounds as if Bliley has been inhaling too much smoke. Don Negard -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! 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