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Highway Safety Agency Silences Engineers

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-me-do-the-talking dept.

nbauman writes "Nichole R. Nason, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, put a new rule into effect that NHTSA officials, including scientists and engineers, are no longer allowed to be quoted by reporters, according to the New York Times. If the officials want to say anything it has to be off the record. The only one they can quote is Nason herself. However, she refused to be interviewed about the no-attribution policy."

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  1. A sign of globalisation? by Teun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Quite funny or even scary this story right after this one:
    Chinese Bloggers Encouraged to Register Contact Info .

    We all know the Chinese are funding the US deficit but I never knew they were so close to owning the government :)

    --
    "The likes of Facebook and WhatsApp are free to those whose privacy is of zero value."
  2. Re:Shame...Peace and Paranoia. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now wait a minute, the Boy Scouts are completely benevolent, trustworthy, and open, in my experience. Unless you're gay.
  3. Re:Shame... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wait, it's actually TERRORISTS that do that.

    Oh poor diddums, let me call you a waaaaahmbulance.

    Maybe if you don't want terrorists attacking you, you should stop funding terrorism yourselves? The US has had *one* high-profile terrorist attack. Now look at the terrorist attacks on the UK by the IRA - all nicely funded by right-wing Americans. Until we start to see some apologies, people in the US have no place talking about terrorism.