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Inspector: Drilling Moratorium Report Altered by White House

The Interior Department's inspector general says the White House edited a drilling safety report in a way that made it falsely appear that scientists and experts supported the idea of the administration's six-month ban on new drilling.
I don't know about everyone else, but that strikes me as completely ILLEGAL.
Perhaps the new House will take a look ...
The inspector general says the editing changes resulted "in the implication that the moratorium recommendation had been peer reviewed." But it hadn't been. The scientists were only asked to review new safety measures for offshore drilling.

"There was no intent to mislead the public," said Kendra Barkoff, a spokeswoman for Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who also recommended in the May 27 safety report that a moratorium be placed on deepwater oil and gas exploration. "The decision to impose a temporary moratorium on deepwater drilling was made by the secretary, following consultation with colleagues including the White House."
Bullshit
... especially the White House ...
The inspector general's report, which was originally requested by Louisiana Sen. David Vitter and Rep. Steve Scalise in June, said the administration did not violate federal rules because the executive summary did not say the experts approved the recommendations and the department offered a formal apology and had publicly clarified the nature of the expert review.
Way to push your radical agenda on the rest of us by LYING, CHEATING and THEFT. With energy costs rising and the US relying on more and more forgein sources of energy from hostile governments, this is pretty close to treason as you can get without fully turning coat.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-11-10 12:34|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 I just read this article.....IMPEACH THIS BASTARD NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by armyguy 2010-11-10 12:54|| 2010-11-10 12:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Michelle Malkin just picked this up. Salazar needs to be tarred and feathered then run out of the country on a rail.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-11-10 13:05|| 2010-11-10 13:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Why is anyone suprised. The GloBull Worming folks (see AL Gore - DEMOCRAT) have been doing this for decades.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-11-10 14:32|| 2010-11-10 14:32|| Front Page Top

#4 "There was no intent to mislead the public," said Kendra Barkoff,

Notice the lack of comment regarding the credibility of the actual statement.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-11-10 14:39|| 2010-11-10 14:39|| Front Page Top

#5 this could make a permanent Republican lock on the gulf coast (oil exploration-dependent) states, that have been hit so hard by the shutdown. Dig deep, Darrell!

Posted by Frank G 2010-11-10 22:29|| 2010-11-10 22:29|| Front Page Top

#6 As I recall, the scientists and experts protested loudly when the report was issued, claiming they did not either support the ban.

So yes, there was a clear intent to mislead the public, among others.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-11-10 23:31|| 2010-11-10 23:31|| Front Page Top

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