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EPA Staffers Told to Keep Quiet in Memo

Environmental experts suspect politically charged 'gag order'

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 29, 2008 11:33 AM CDT

(Newser) – In what some officials fear is a sign of secrecy and political meddling, an email to Environmental Protection Agency staff asked that they not answer questions from journalists, the Government Accountability Office, or its own inspector general, CNN reports. In the email, which an environmental...   Read full story »

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