[theknife]

...distort and suppress findings that contradict administration policies, stack panels with like-minded and underqualified scientists with ties to industry and constituent groups....

the Bushies precook science like they precook military intelligence...

Bioethics Shuffle Ignites Outcry
By Kristen Philipkoski

President Bush's decision to replace two members of his bioethics panel with three appointees whose beliefs are closer to his own has sparked a new round of criticism on how the administration handles science.

On Friday, White House personnel called Elizabeth Blackburn, a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California at San Francisco, and William May, a former bioethics professor at Southern Methodist University, and informed them that their services were no longer needed on the panel. Both had been outspoken in their opinions that embryonic stem-cell research should move forward and could lead to valuable therapies for many diseases.

Three new members replaced Blackburn and May. All of them have expressed opposition to embryonic stem-cell research, making the 18-member panel largely opposed to it.

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,...w=wn_tophead_8