Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Remember the NASA scientist who said he was being oppressed?

That the nasty Bush people were trashing your freedom of speech and not letting you warn people about Global Warmering? Slight problem:
But Republicans told him the hundreds of other interviews he did belie his broad claim he was being silenced.

"We have over 1,400 opportunities that you've availed yourself to, and yet you call it, you know, being stifled," said Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican.

and
[NASA spokesman George Deutsch] said Mr. Hansen was prohibited from doing the interview because of his prior refusal to notify NASA officials when he was granting interviews, not for political reasons. Citing what he called his "constitutional right" to give interviews, Mr. Hansen admitted violating NASA's press policy but defended his actions.

Don't you just love it?

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