NASA Misled on Global Warming

A report from NASA's own internal watchdog concluded that the agency's press office "marginalized or mischaracterized" studies on global warming between 2004 and 2006 . NASA's inspector general office called it "inappropriate political interference" by political appointees in the press office. It said that the agency's top management wasn't part of the censorship, nor were career officials. The report found credence in allegations that National Public Radio was denied access to top global warming scientist James Hansen. It also found evidence that NASA headquarters press officials canceled a press conference on a mission monitoring ozone pollution and global warming because it was too close to the 2004 presidential election.