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Daily Archives: February 12, 2006

Gov’t Censorship of Global Warming Data Includes NASA and NOAA

Follow-up to postings on government censorship of dissemination of scientific data, this February 11, 2006 article from the Washington Post – Censorship Is Alleged at NOAA Scientists Afraid to Speak Out, NASA Climate Expert Reports: “James E. Hansen, the NASA climate scientist who sparked an uproar last month by accusing the Bush administration of keeping scientific information from reaching the public, said Friday that officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are also muzzling researchers who study global warming.”
Related references and resources on global warming issues:

  • Politics and Science: How Their Interplay Creates Public Policy – A Social Research Conference, The New School, February 9-10, Keynote Speaker: Neal Lane, Science Advisor to President Clinton
  • Global Warming Trend Documented in U.S.
  • Questions Surround Editing of U.S. Report on Global Warming
  • Range of Groups Dissatisfied With Patriot Act Reauthorization

    Follow-up to Agreement Reached on Patriot Act Reauthorization: Cave-in on the Patriot Act, New York Times Editorial, February 12, 2006 (via International Herald Tribune) NPR – Librarians Wary of Patriot Act’s Implications: All Things Considered, February 11, 2006 · “Michael Gorman, head of the American Library Association, and librarian Joan Airoldi offer Debbie Elliott their… Continue Reading

    Bi-partisan Momentum Builds to Investigate White House In Plame CIA Leak

    Follow-up on yesterday’s posting, CIA Leak Disclosure and VP – Political Not Legal Ramifications?, another turn on a crooked road: AP reports today that “Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald should investigate Vice President Dick Cheney and others in the CIA leak probe if they authorized an aide to give secret information to reporters, Democratic and Republican… Continue Reading