Judge Who Let Cheney Off Linked to Major Oil Companies

Federal Judge A. Raymond Randolph yesterday ruled in favor of Vice President Dick Cheney in Cheney's efforts to keep his energy task force records secret. Cheney has already been cited by the GAO for allowing energy companies to write much of the task force's documents. So why would the judge make this ruling? Could it have anything to do with a sympathy for energy companies brought on by his close proximity to some of America's biggest oil companies?

Check out the details. Randolph serves on the Judicial Advisory board of George Mason's Law & Economics Center (he has apparently served there for at least a few years, and may still currently). This is the same Law & Economics Center famous for taking judges on training junkets and for being financed with huge amounts of cash from oil industry giants like Exxon. Randolph is also an adjunct law professor at George Mason University, a place that has taken millions from Koch Industries - another major oil company (for more on Koch's multi-million dollar ties to George Mason, see Media Transparency's special site).

For more, see this original post at Citizens for Legitimate Government.