| Jon's Green Soapbox..... |
[28 Sep 2004|06:54am] |
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Is it me or does this just seem wrong??????????? Herr Bush II me thinks you go to far.....
EPA IMPOSES GAG RULE ON ITS EMPLOYEES
The Bush administration is noted for its strict control of
"leaks" to the press and its discipline regarding perceived acts
of dissent.
Now, President Bush's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
ordered its staff to "refrain from answering" questions from the
news media, according to an agency memo obtained by Public
Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). [1]
The gag order was issued by Bharat Marthur, the top EPA official
for the Midwestern region. In a memo to all regional staff,
Marthur forbids EPA staff from initiating contact with the press
or responding to any press queries. Even EPA's designated
spokespeople must now "report their conversations" with
reporters to the Office of Public Affairs.
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| Jon's Soapbox..... |
[28 Sep 2004|07:00am] |
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I am so relieved that things are going so well in Iraq. Aren't you?????
BUSH MISLEADS ON SCOPE OF VIOLENCE IN IRAQ
President Bush and his allies have insisted that violence in Iraq is limited to a few isolated pockets of resistance. President Bush said last Wednesday that there are a "handful of people who are willing to kill in order to stop the process."[1] The next day, Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told reporters at a press conference in the Rose Garden "there is nothing, no problem, except on a small pocket in Fallujah."[2] Information in a secret report compiled for the administration suggests that Bush and Allawi are misleading the public about the scope of violence in Iraq.
According to data collected by Kroll Security International for the administration, there are about 70 attacks a day on U.S. and coalition forces, compared to 40-50 attacks a day before the transfer of authority to the interim Iraqi government.[3] Moreover, the data indicate attacks in "nearly every major city in central, western and northern Iraq."[4] Allawi, in a speech to Congress last Tuesday, described Baghdad as "very good and safe."[5] But the Kroll data reveal that, in recent weeks, there have been an average of 22 attacks per day on troops in Baghdad.[6]
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