“I have serious concerns that your memorandum goes beyond legitimate privacy concerns and appears to run contrary to many statutes protecting executive branch communications with members of Congress.”

Senator Charles Grassley, scourge of drug company links to academia, thinks an FDA memorandum might discourage whistleblowing (Bloomberg).

“The Government needs to be saying ‘It is socially unacceptable to be against wind turbines in your area – like not wearing your seat belt or driving past a zebra crossing.’”

UK climate change minister Ed Miliband gets controversial on wind farms (Daily Telegraph).

“Making NASA’s scientific and astronomical data more accessible to the public is a high priority for NASA, especially given the new administration’s recent emphasis on open government and transparency.”

Ed Weiler, of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington, explains why the agency is putting even more of its images up for grabs online (Wired).

“Obviously, this [statute] was intended to deal with a rogue state, intended to deal with terrorists. It wasn’t intended to deal with a housewife.”

Lawyer Robert Goldman says his client shouldn’t have been charged under terrorism laws for trying to harm a love rival with chemicals from a lab (AP).