(2010) His name is Paul Elliott. Back during those heady Democratic presidential primary days in 2008, Elliott was Clinton‘s national deputy director. Now he‘s the top lobbyist for TransCanada, the company that wants to build the Keystone XL pipeline to carry oil sands from Alberta to refineries in Texas. Several watchdog groups, including Corporate Ethics International, this week submitted a Freedom of Information Act request asking for all communications between the State Department and Elliott.