More Unsurprising News
Who could have imagined? The office of the Vice President worked behind the scenes to alter the testimony of an EPA official to Congress, according to this article in today's Los Angeles Times.
Vice President Dick Cheney's office worked to alter sworn congressional testimony provided by a federal official in order to play down the threat of global warming and head off regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, a former government official said in a new accusation Tuesday.
Jason K. Burnett, a former Environmental Protection Agency official, cited the behind-the-scenes efforts by unnamed officials in Cheney's office in a letter to congressional investigators regarding testimony in January by his former boss, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. [Emphasis added.]
This is certainly nothing new. The White House has on several occasions forced a change in planned testimony whenever it appeared that the scientific truth might hurt some favored segment of the business community. While I suspect the White House action doesn't quite rise to the level of suborning of perjury (which is a fancy legal term for getting a witness to lie under oath and which is a felony), it is pretty good evidence that the current administration will go to great lengths to keep the public it is supposed to serve in the dark on crucial issues.
Public health be damned, especially if some buddy's fiscal health might be impaired.
195 days.
Vice President Dick Cheney's office worked to alter sworn congressional testimony provided by a federal official in order to play down the threat of global warming and head off regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, a former government official said in a new accusation Tuesday.
Jason K. Burnett, a former Environmental Protection Agency official, cited the behind-the-scenes efforts by unnamed officials in Cheney's office in a letter to congressional investigators regarding testimony in January by his former boss, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. [Emphasis added.]
This is certainly nothing new. The White House has on several occasions forced a change in planned testimony whenever it appeared that the scientific truth might hurt some favored segment of the business community. While I suspect the White House action doesn't quite rise to the level of suborning of perjury (which is a fancy legal term for getting a witness to lie under oath and which is a felony), it is pretty good evidence that the current administration will go to great lengths to keep the public it is supposed to serve in the dark on crucial issues.
Public health be damned, especially if some buddy's fiscal health might be impaired.
195 days.
Labels: EPA, Republican Lying
posted by Diane at 3:47 AM
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