A federal judge threw out a lawsuit brought by the investigative arm of Congress that sought to compel the White House to produce records of meetings between Vice President Dick Cheney and energy policy executives. The General Accounting Office has argued that Cheney should be compelled to disclose the names of lobbyists and oil company executives he consulted in drafting energy policy last year on the basis that the policy should be subject to public scrutiny. Among others, it is known he met repeatedly with Enron officials. The judge said the lawsuit engendered an unprecedented struggle between the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government.