The Interactive Political Interference Story - July 09, 2008
The revelation that Bush officials interfered in congressional testimony on climate change will surprise no one who has been keeping even a vague eye on American politics in recent year.
Jason Burnett, who was until recently senior adviser on climate change to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, told a Senate committee that vice president Dick Cheney’s office removed material from a document on the health impacts of climate change. The document was congressional testimony from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (AP, NY Times).
“History will judge this Bush Administration harshly for recklessly covering up a real threat to the people they are supposed to protect,” says senator Barbara Boxer, who heads the committee and who yesterday brought Burnett’s revelations to light (press release).
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