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Analysis of White House Claims
UCS review of April 2, 2004 document from White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
On April 2, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a statement by John H. Marburger, III, the director of OSTP, that claims the descriptions of the incidents in the UCS report are all “false,” “wrong,” or “a distortion.” Analysis of the particulars in the White House document shows that these claims are unjustified. Aside from a couple of minutiae detailed in the UCS analysis, the White House document fails to offer substantive evidence to support its claims. Instead, the White House document often offers irrelevant information and fails to address the central point of many charges in the UCS report. The preamble to the White House document deals at length with the administration’s support of funding for scientific research. It should be noted that neither the statement by the scientists nor the supporting UCS report discusses the issue of research funding. That said, it should be noted that neither document was intended as a criticism of Dr. Marburger’s efforts on behalf of scientific research. UCS stands by the findings and conclusions of its report. The UCS analysis provides many examples, which cover the spectrum of charges made in the scientists’ statement and in the UCS report, to demonstrate that contrary to the claims in the White House document, the administration has in fact frequently attempted to undermine scientific integrity when, to quote the scientists’ original statement, “scientific knowledge has been found to be in conflict with its political goals.” |
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