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Who are the cleared advisors that have access to secret ACTA documents? (KEI)

By Robin Gross

"The negotiating text of ACTA and many other documents, including even the lists of participants in the negotiations, are secret. The US White House claims the secrecy is required as a matter of "national security". But that does not mean the documents are off limits to everyone outside of the government. Hundreds of advisors, many of them corporate lobbyists, are considered ?cleared advisors.? They have access to the ACTA documents. Who are these cleared advisors? They are the members of these 27 USTR advisory boards:..."

Full post as published by IP Justice on March 13, 2009 (boomark / email).