Friday, February 17, 2006

Had you noticed the Bush scandal at NASA?

Yet another Bush appointee bites the dust in disgrace. George C. Deutsch, appointed to be the NASA public affairs officer, with no credentials besides having worked on George W. Bush's re-election campaign, was, at 24, the guy who worked to shut up the NASA climate scientist mentioned here earlier, James E. Hansen. It turns out that Deutsch had lied on his resume and had not even graduated from Texas A & M, with an undergraduate degree. So, he resigns in disgrace, but not because he was attempting to censor scientific truth, which is the real disgrace in all this. His resignation came only because he lied to his employer. See further article at:

Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/space/3644847.html

and commentary on the NASA censorship scandal (and lots more besides, you might have to scroll down or search) at:

Scientific Activist Blog
http://scientificactivist.blogspot.com/

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