Thursday, February 19, 2004

Bush 'bending science to his political needs' In an open letter signed by 60 top scientists (including 20 Nobel laureates), the independent Union of Concerned Scientists said: "When scientific knowledge has been found to be in conflict with its political goals, the administration has often manipulated the process through which science enters into its decisions. This has been done by placing people who are professionally unqualified or who have clear conflicts of interest in official posts and on scientific advisory committees; by disbanding existing advisory committees; by censoring and suppressing reports by the government's own scientists; and by simply not seeking independent scientific advice." 9:08:05 PM

Read This Now Via Joshua Micah Marshall, a stunning exchange between White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan and the White House press corps, led by Helen Thomas. [pseudorandom] 8:01:45 PM

Netsky.B Tunnels Through Windows Systems (NewsFactor) A particularly nasty virus is spreading over the Internet, attacking via e-mail and then rapidly infecting the hard drives of computers running Microsoft Windows systems. [Yahoo! News - Technology] 7:40:40 PM

Scientists: Bush Distorts Science A group of influential scientists says the Bush administration repeatedly misuses or distorts scientific findings to suit its political agenda regarding the environment, health policy, nuclear weapons and industry. [Wired News] 7:38:56 PM

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