Maybe you saw this story already, or maybe it's escaped your attention due to the excitement over the last day of the Democratic primary campaign. In case of the latter, I did want to note it for the record.
According to the NYT, NASA's assistant inspector general released a 48-page report yesterday that concluded that Republican political appointees "distorted and suppressed" data related to the problem of global warming.
Despite the snarky and world-weary tone of this post's title, I do want to say that I am happy to have "what everyone knows" officially documented. This is one of many steps that we must take to get a complete picture of the damage wrought by the Bush Administration's preference for pro-religion and pro-big business ideology over science. Let us never forget the name George Deutsch as a symbol of how bad a government can get, even in a democracy.
I haven't found a link to the report itself yet. If you know of one, please drop it in the Comments. Thanks.
(h/t: TPMMuckraker)
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