Treasury fails on transparency rules

The Washington Times reports:

In one of his first official acts as Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner promised to make sure the public knew what lobbyists were up to when contacting his department about the bailout of troubled financial institutions.

But by one important measure, the lobbyists appear to be the more transparent.

An analysis by The Washington Times found more than a dozen recent examples in which special interests reported to Congress that they lobbied the Treasury on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) or on the legislation that authorized what now amounts to an $862 billion bailout.

Imagine that.