ANYTHING NEW?

Bush was criticized for having his oil friends write U.S. energy policy; now we have Obama's telecommunication donors advising on telecom policy. Has anything changed?

A telecommunications company has confirmed for this columnist that its vice president for policy—who is also an Obama donor and a former lobbyist—is advising Barack Obama’s transition team on telecom policy.

Obama’s transition team, which has failed to disclose this executive’s involvement, happens to have proposed a significant change in telecom policy that will profit that very company, called Clearwire.