Remember yesterday's post about how the Obama administration had refused to release the details of a secret copyright treaty because doing so would compromise "national security?" Well, it turns out that there are plenty of people who are cleared to be privy to this "sensitive" document — strangely, they all seem to work for giant copyright companies!

Of course, they're allowed to know what's in the treaty — but the public, activist groups, consumer rights groups, and the artists whom this treaty is supposed to protect are all forbidden from knowing what it says.

What an embarrassment for an administration that holds itself out as an end to the corrupt, business-as-usual beltway fandango.

Chairman , Mr. Eric H. Smith

President

International Intellectual Property Alliance Vice-Chairman

Mr. Jacques J. Gorlin

President

The Gorlin Group Sandra M. Aistars, Esq.

Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property

Time Warner Inc. Kira M. Alvarez, Esq.

Director, International Government Affairs

Eli Lilly and Company Mark Chandler, Esq.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel,

and Secretary

Cisco Systems, Inc. Ms. Erin L. Ennis

Vice President

The U.S.-China Business Council Francis (Frank) Z. Hellwig, Esq.

Senior Associate, General Counsel

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. J. Anthony Imler, Ph.D.

Director, Public Policy, Latin America

Merck & Co., Inc. Ms. Mary A. Irace

Vice President, Trade and Export Finance

National Foreign Trade Council, Inc. Jeffrey P. Kushan, Esq.

Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood LLP

Representing Biotechnology Industry

Organization Stevan D. Mitchell, Esq.

Vice President, Intellectual Property Policy

Entertainment Software Association Douglas T. Nelson, Esq.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel,

and Secretary

CropLife America Timothy P. Trainer, Esq.

President

Global Intellectual Property

Strategy Center, P.C.

Representing the Thomas G. Faria

Corporation Neil I. Turkewitz, Esq.

Executive Vice President

Recording Industry Association of America Ms. Susan C. Tuttle

Governement Programs Executive

IBM Corporation Mr. Herbert C. Wamsley

Executive Director

Intellectual Property Owners Association Ms. Anissa S. Whitten

Trade Director

Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. Ms. Deborah E. Wiley

Senior Vice President

John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Association of American Publishers, Inc. Shirley Zebroski, Ph.D

Director, Legislative Affairs

General Motors Corporation

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