Makten vill dölja sanningen

Bush ska i fortsättningen förhandsgranska forskningsresultat från det amerikanska institutet för geologiska undersökningar, engelska wikipedian, USGS:

In December 2006 it was announced that the rules for the publication of USGS research were changing. From now on the USGS communications office must be notified in advance "of findings or data that may be especially newsworthy, have an impact on government policy, or contradict previous public understanding to ensure that proper officials are notified and that communication strategies are developed." The agency leadership has stated that these changes are simply to maintain the scientific integrity of the agency's work, however scientists have questioned whether this policy will lead to censorship of their work.

En Slashdotläsare jämför med Brasilien:

Some years ago, President Lula, from Brasil, got a little upset with some data published by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Statistics and Geographics). The published data was relative to poverty reduction and kind of contradicted what government was saying. After that, it was officially ordered that the IBGE should submit every publication to the presidency, 48 hours before public delivery.

Som svensk är man inte imponerad. Här steget fullt ut och lägger vi ner obekväm forskning. Jag tänker på Arbetslivsinstitutet.