The Bush Administration Influenced 9/11 EPA Report

[jfkennedy]

White House officials instructed EPA to release official statements that were less alarming regarding the air quality at the site of the World Trade Center after 9/11.

"An investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general into official statements about air quality after the collapse of the World Trade Center has found that White House officials instructed the agency to be less alarming and more reassuring to the public in the first few days after the attack."

http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=10344

[kainah]

1. Report about this on Democracy Now today

Check the website http://democracynow.org for a transcript.

[pruner]

2. they influence all scientific reports

http://www.house.gov/reform/min/politicsandscience/

[Tom Kitten]

3. Soviet style government from on high...

Really, what's the difference? Other than being more "tacit"...