You Know That NASA Climate Guy Who Claims Bush "Muzzled" Him?

In sworn testimony, he admits he gave over 1,400 interviews -- during work hours! -- while "muzzled".

by Rod D. Martin
March 20, 2007

You know that NASA climatologist who claims the Bush administration "muzzled" him? He, the ever-shrill global warming propagandist James Hansen, has gotten endless press for his claim, and numerous calls by Democrats for Congressional hearings to root out administration "corruption".

Well, it turns out that he admits -- in sworn testimony -- that he was so "muzzled" that he gave over 1,400 separate interviews -- during work hours! -- in the past several years.

In fact, he even gave 15 interviews in the weeks immediately following the administration's alleged "threat".

So pretty clearly he's a liar. But I have to ask: could you give 1,400 interviews during your work time?

I mean, this guy is a climatologist: he is not part of the NASA press office. It is by no means his job to sit around and do interviews all day. But that seems to be what he does, on the company dime (i.e., your and my tax dollars), day after day after week after year.

And then he uses his pos…