Systematic Interference with Science at Interior Department Exposed

Recently obtained documents demonstrate that Deputy Assistant Secretary Julie MacDonald and other high-ranking political appointees within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) at the Department of the Interior have systematically distorted, manipulated, and misused the scientific process prescribed by the Endangered Species Act. In several notable cases, this interference resulted in changing a "positive" finding--in favor of protecting species under ... Full Story »

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Mike LaBonte
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by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

Although this is an advocacy/opinion piece, it contains substantial support in the form of FOIA document images and links to other sources. Falls short of giving the government viewpoint, however.

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