This piece is rather superficial compared to the interview with Carmona himself that day on the PBS News Hour. It's also on NewsTrust.

A damning first person report on the politicalization of the Surgeon General and the health department by the Bush administration, to the detriment of both scientific reality and citizen health.

Very well presented and based solely on sworn testimony. The author left the bias at home and provided the facts. Was very easy to vet the quotes and resources. On a different note, is there no office/division that the Bush administration does not try to politicise?

A story emphasizing Bush administration interference with the scientific work of the Surgeon General would be better if not started with a photograph saying that three Surgeons General felt political pressure, which gives an inaccurate overview of the story, which would also have been more powerful and covered a bigger picture if it had mentioned Bush administration interference with other aspects of science. Still, it is a good story, though not great.

An important report on an apparent compromise on the office of the Surgeon General by the Bush Administration.

Ex Surgeon General Carmona whines about political pressure from t he Bush Administration. If he had guts he would have ignored the pressure or resigned his office. He did neither.