It does, however, paint a picture of who the trade deal benefits.

Wyden: What I've learned is that when trade agreements are negotiated, industry advisors sit in a far stronger position than virtually everyone in the Congress. For example, an industry advisor from the Motion Picture Association can sit at their desk with a laptop, enter their username and password, and see the negotiating text of a proposed trade agreement. Virtually no one in the Congress has the ability to do that. How is that right?

Kirk: Well, Senator, I want to make it plain, that it's not just industry, but it's all of the members of our trade advisory commissions which are established by this Congress, and they're cleared advisors, they have security clearance and they represent a broad range of interests from both industry and environmental groups, business groups.... Every member of Congress, any member of Congress, that wants to see the text of a trade agreement we're negotiating has the ability to do so, as long as we're doing so in a secure environment that's private, so I would only offer that one clarification that any elected official in this body has the ability to see the same text as any of those cleared advisors.

Kirk's answer is insulting in how misleading it is. He chooses his words very carefully, so let's break this down to expose why Wyden is concerned, and why Kirk's answer is no answer at all. Remember, folks on the MPAA and other "industry advisors" (of which there are no internet company representatives) have a direct login, so they can access the latest negotiating docs wherever they'd like. Kirk's response, in which he claims that any member of Congress can see the same text is technically true, but it is not the same level of access. What Kirk meant is that any member of Congress can go to the USTR offices by themselves and be shown a copy of the negotiating text on a so-called "read and retain basis." That means: no notes, no copies, no staff -- even staff that have all the necessary "security clearance" as Senator Wyden himself found out when he had a trade expert on his staff obtain the necessary security clearance, only to find that the USTR denied him access to the documents.

So, let's compare: the MPAA and other industry groups can log into a website at their own convenience. They are even allowed to (with certain limitations) share parts of the text with others, supposedly for the sake of getting an "analysis" of what the text means. But when a Senator -- who is the chair of the Senate subcommittee on International Trade -- wants to take a look at the same document, he has to go to a "private room" where he will be shown the document, but not allowed to make copies, take notes or bring along his own staff expert on the matter.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120622/23220319444/ustr-gives-mpaa-full-online-access-to-tpp-text-still-wont-share-with-senate-staffers.shtml

All members of the advisory boards can request access to classified ACTA documents. Below are the members of just four of the advisory boards, ITAC 15, 8, 10 and 3.

Industry Trade Advisory Committee On Intellectual Property Rights
ITAC 15

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

Total Members = 19

Industry Trade Advisory Committee On Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Health Science Products and Services

ITAC 3

Chairman
Mr. V. M. (Jim) DeLisi
President
Fanwood Chemical, Inc.

Primary Vice-Chairman
Robert E. Branand, Esq.
Representative
National Paint & Coatings Association

Secondary Vice-Chairman
W. Martin (Marty) Strauss, Ph.D.
Vice President, Consumer Traits and Food Policy
Monsanto Company

Karen L. Bland, Esq.
Consultant
Representing The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.

Mr. Michael D. Boyd
Vice President, Public Affairs International
Schering-Plough Corporation

Shawn M. Brown
Vice President of State Affairs
Generic Pharmaceutical Association

Mr. P. Claude Burcky
Divisional Vice President, Global Government Affairs and Policy
Abbott Laboratories, Inc.

Mr. Morris A. Chafetz
President
Hemisphere Polymer and Chemical
Company, Inc.

Mr. Harrison C. Cook
Director, International Government Affairs
Eli Lilly and Company

Mr. Donald E. Ellison
Representative
Government Relations, LLC
SACMA

D. Geoffrey B. Gamble, Esq.
Director, International Government Affairs
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company

Mr. Edward L. Gibbs
President
North Coast Medical Equipment, Inc.

Trevor J. Gunn, Ph.D.
Director, International Relations
Medtronic, Inc.

Ms. Tine K. Hansen-Turton
Chief Executive Officer
National Nursing Centers Consortium

Ms. Regina L. Harper
Regulatory Affairs Manager
Milliken Chemical

Ms. Mary A. Irace
Managing Director, Global Affairs
American Chemistry Council

Mr. Ralph F. Ives
Executive Vice President, Global Strategy and Analysis
Advanced Medical Technology Association

Mr. Craig S. Kramer
Vice President, International
Government Affairs
Johnson & Johnson

Mr. Adrian Krygsman
Director, Product Registration
Troy Corporation

Ms. Nancy R. Levenson
Director, U.S. Federal Government Relations
S.C.Johnson & Son, Inc.

Matthew T. McGrath, Esq.
Partner
Barnes, Richardson and Colburn
Representing Intermune, Inc.

Mr. Lloyd N. Moon
Vice President
Chemtura Corporation

Ms. Tracey J. Norberg
Vice President, Environment and Resource
Recovery
Rubber Manufacturers Association

Ms. Rosemary L. O’Brien
Vice President, Public Affairs
CF Industries, Inc.

Mr. Gerald R. Prout
Vice President, Government and Public
Affairs
FMC Corporation

Mr. J. Lawrence Robinson
President
Color Pigments Manufacturers Association, Inc.

George L. Rolofson, Ph.D.
Consultant in Agricultural Science and Environmental, Regulatory, and Trade Policy

Rolofson Consulting
Representing Gowan Company

Ms. Lisa M. Schroeter
Director, International Policy
The Dow Chemical Company

Ms. Marjory E. Searing
Vice President, Public Affairs – Japan/Asia and Latin America
Pfizer Inc.

Mr. Isi A. Siddiqui
Vice President, Science and Regulatory Affairs
CropLife America

Mr. Arthur J. Simonetti
Director, Trade Legislation and Regulation
Honeywell International, Inc.

Mr. Henry P. Stoebenau
President
Efficient Global Trade, Inc.
Representing American Association of Exporters and Importers

Mr. Albert C. (Cal) Sutphin
President Braden Sutphin Ink Company

Mr. Ford B. West
President
The Fertilizer Institute

Mr. Andrew C. Zamoyski
President
Zamoyski and Company
Representing Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association

Total Members = 35

Industry Trade Advisory Committee On Information and Communications Technologies, Services, and Electronic Commerce
ITAC 8

Chairman
Mr. SteveW. Stewart
Director, Public Affairs
IBM Corporation

Primary Vice-Chairman
Ms. B. Anne Craib
Director, International Trade and Government Affairs
Semiconductor Industry Association

Secondary Vice-Chairman
Mr. Robert J. Mulligan
Senior Vice President International
AeA: Advancing the Business of Technology

Mr. Arun K. Bhumitra
Chief Executive Officer
Arjay Telecommunications

Mark F. Bohannon, Esq.
General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Public Policy Software and Information
Industry Association

Mr. Anthony Caldwell
President
Global Business Communication Solutions, LLC
Representing XSelData

Ms. Melika D. Carroll
Director, Federal Government Affairs
Micron Technology, Inc.

Ms. Susan D. Chapman
Director, e-Commerce Policy and Asia Pacific Trade Policy
General Motors Corporation

Mr. Calman J. Cohen
President
Emergency Committee for American Trade

Tod H. Cohen, Esq.
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Government Relations
eBay Inc.

Holly A. Evans, Esq.
President
Strategic Counsel, LLC
Representing Advanced Micro Devices

Mark E. Foster, Esq.
Attorney
Law Offices of Mark E. Foster
Representing Transaction Network Services, Inc.

Ms. Meredith L. Golemon-Anderson
Director, International Trade Policy
Oracle Corporation

Mr. John P. Goyer
Vice President, International Trade
Negotiations and Investment
U.S. Coalition of Service Industries

Mr. Christopher G. Hankin
Director, Federal Affairs
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Ms. Tania W. Hanna
Director, Government Relations
Corporate Washington Office
Harris Corporation

Mr. Christopher J. Hirth
Director, Web Commerce Group
Intuit Inc.

Mr. David M. Leifer, Esq.
Senior Counsel
American Council of Life Insurers

Mr. Charles B. O’Hara
Manager, National Government Relations
The Procter & Gamble Company

Ms. Wendy E. Owens
Chief Executive Officer
AbleMedia LLC

Mr. Joseph A. Pasetti
Manager, Government Affairs
Applied Materials, Inc.

Mr. Daniel J. Peterson
Vice President, Industry and Government Affairs
Cook Group Incorporated

Mr. Edward M. Rozynski
Vice President, Global Government Affairs
Stryker Corporation

Jacquelynn Ruff, Esq.
Vice President, International Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs
Verizon Communications Inc.

Ms. Loretta L. Schmitzer
Vice President, Government Affairs
The Boeing Company

Mr. Gregory S. Slater
Director, Trade Policy
Intel Corporation

Ms. Sarah G. Smiley
Associate Vice President
Advanced Medical Technology Association

Stephen B. Whitaker, Ph.D.
President
Whitaker Strategies, LLC
Representing BOSE Corporation

Total Members = 28

Industry Trade Advisory Committee On Services and Finance Industries
ITAC 10

Chairman
Mr. J. Robert Vastine, Jr.
President
U.S. Coalition of Service Industries

Vice-Chairman
Ms. Elizabeth R. Benson
President
Energy Associates

Mr. Thomas A. Allegretti
President and Chief Executive Officer
The American Waterways Operators

Mr. Fredric S. Berger, P.E.
Senior Vice President
The Louis Berger Group, Inc.

Mr. Stuart J. Brahs
President
Stuart J. Brahs Consulting
American Council of Life Insurers

Timothy C. Brightbill, Esq.
Member, American Bar Association
Wiley Rein LLP

Stephen J. Canner, Ph.D.
Vice President, Investment and Financial Services
United States Council for International
Business

Ms. Ellen M. Delage
Director, International Relations
The American Institute of Architects

Paul H. DeLaney III
FedEx Express

Linda Menghetti Dempsey, Esq.
Vice President
Emergency Committee for American Trade

Peter D. Ehrenhaft, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Peter D. Ehrenhaft Consulting
Representing Harkins Cunningham, LLP

Mr. Gregory M. Frazier
Executive Vice President
Worldwide Government Policy
Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.

Madeleine F. Green, Ph.D.
Vice President and Director,
Center for International and Institutional Initiatives
American Council on Education

Ms. Leslie C. Griffin
Vice President, International Governmental Affairs
New York Life Insurance Company

Mr. Charles P. Heeter Jr.
Principal, International Government Affairs
Deloitte and Touche USA LLP

Ms. Selina E. Jackson
Vice President, International Public Affairs
UPS

Mr. William A. Jordan
Senior Director, Government Affairs and Communications
The McGraw-Hill Companies

Mr. Leonard N. Karp
President and Chief Executive Officer
Philadelphia International Medicine

Mr. Robert D. Kramer
Vice President, Public Policy
Computing Technology Industry Association

Mr. Gary W. Kushnier
Vice President, International Policy
American National Standards Institute

Ms. Laura J. Lane
Senior Vice President,
International Government Affairs
Citigroup Inc.

Dr. Marjorie Peace Lenn
President
Center for Quality Assurance in International Education

Mr. Shawn C. McBurney
Vice President, Governmental Affairs
American Hotel and Lodging Association

Mr. DeRohn S.T. Mitchell
Deputy Director, Government and Business Relations
Alvarez & Marsal, LLC

Mr. Kevin C.W. Mulvey
Assistant Vice President, Corporate and International Affairs
American International Group, Inc.

Mr. Patrick J. Natale, P.E.
Executive Director
American Society of Civil Engineers

Mr. Bryan M. Pickel
Vice President, Federal Government Affairs and External Affairs
Prudential Financial, Inc.

Mary S. Podesta, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Investment Company Institute

Jean M. Prewitt, Esq.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Independent Film & Television Alliance

Mr. Ivan J. Sotomayor
Managing Partner
Sotomayor & Associates, LLP

Ms. Sarah F. Thorn
Director, International Trade
Federal Government Relations
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Mr. Philip M. Vaughn
Senior Director, Government Relations
Fluor Corporation

Mr. Carlos C. Villarreal, P.E.
Executive Vice President, Operations
Wilbur Smith Associates

Christian (Chris) E. Wolfe, Esq.
Partner, Business Planning and Taxation
Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.

Total Members = 34

http://keionline.org/blogs/2009/03/13/who-are-cleared-advisors

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