Well this story could be coming from someone at NASA, or at NOAA, so it shouldn't really comes as a surprise to anyone that someone else within the Republican Bush Administration says that they were muzzled.
This time it is the man who served as Surgeon General for 4 years.
According to a new Reuters story:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first U.S. surgeon general appointed by President George W. Bush accused the administration on Tuesday of political interference and muzzling him on key issues like embryonic stem cell research.
"Anything that doesn't fit into the political appointees' ideological, theological or political agenda is ignored, marginalized or simply buried," Dr. Richard Carmona, who served as the nation's top doctor from 2002 until 2006, told a House of Representatives committee.
"The problem with this approach is that in public health, as in a democracy, there is nothing worse than ignoring science, or marginalizing the voice of science for reasons driven by changing political winds. The job of surgeon general is to be the doctor of the nation, not the doctor of a political party," Carmona added.
The story adds more detail and background and is well worth the read.
File it under: Is anyone really surprised at this point?