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Bush: String leakers up by the thumbs, as we do with prisoners at Guantanamo
Posted on Monday, November 06, 2006
A new book may shed light on President George W. Bush’s true feelings toward whistleblowers, or at least toward those “leakers” who expose his administration’s alleged illegal and questionable activity. According to the former Canadian prime minister’s chief of staff, Mr. Bush explained how he would personally handle government leaks. Reportedly, Mr. Bush stated, “If I catch anyone who leaks in my government, I would like to string them up by the thumbs. The same way we do with prisoners in Guantanamo.” (From an Op-ed by Government Accountability Project President Louis Clark.)
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State Dept. petitioned to issue missing and overdue Climate Action Report required by climate treaty
Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006
The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, and Greenpeace petitioned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on November 2 to issue the overdue U.S. Climate Action Report as required by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The deadline for the fourth U.S. Climate Action Report passed on January 1, 2006, 10 months ago. Now the 12th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from November 6-17 without required information from the U.S. See our September 18 entry, in which we called on the administration to release the report for public review and discussed the administration’s political sensitivities about the Impacts and Adaptation chapter of the report. [Editor’s Note: See also the 30 July 2007 posting, Bush Administration submits evasive Climate Action Report to the UN.]
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NASA and Commerce Dept. Inspectors General investigating climate science censorship
Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006
Responding to a request by 14 senators, agency Inspectors General at NASA and the Commerce Department have begun investigations into whether political appointees have suppressed research findings and blocked public communication by federal climate researchers. See our numerous posts on censorship of government scientists.
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