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[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Curt,

Well that's quite cool about Obama's reply to your letter to the Senator. Great that you have established communication with his office and his people are aware of the concerns of the space exploration community.

The NASA man-child was also mentioned in this month's Readers Digest about his credential cover-up and attempt at stifling NASA scientists.

Kudos!... #Thumbsup#

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

NASA admits Deutsch muzzled scientist

From the "BadAstronomer"...

NASA has publicly admitted that White House appointee George Deutsch inappropriately denied press interviews with global warming scientist James Hansen.

NASA internally reviewed what happened with Deutsch. A letter from Brian Chase, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Legal Affairs at NASA sent a letter to Senators Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) briefly outlining the finding.

The full letter from NASA is posted as well. The money shot is this one:

… an internal inquiry has revealed that one recent media request to interview Dr. James Hansen… was inappropriately declined… in addition, several instances of inappropriate editing of scientific materials have been alleged. These allegations, if true, are unacceptable at NASA.

Just to remind you, Deutsch was appointed as a NASA public affairs officer by the White House, which is, ah, not friendly to the idea that the Earth is warming up due to human activity. So his denying the press an interview with a scientist outspoken about global warming smacks of — oh let’s not be coy, shall we? — is a blatantly political suppression of science.

The full story and links can be found here:
www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2006/06/11/nasa-admits-deutsch-muzzled-scientist/

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