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Top scientist says Bush’s ‘burrowing’ of political appointees will ‘leave wreckage behind.’
Think Progress — ... Yesterday, the president of the nation’s largest general science organization railed against efforts by the Bush administration to give political appointees “permanent federal jobs with responsibility for making or administering scientific policies, saying the result would be ‘to leave wreckage behind.’” James McCarthy, who heads the American Association for the Advancement of Science, called the “ ...

Boxer Blasts Bushies’ Burrowing
Firedoglake — ... Seems that vacant science agency jobs are going to non-scientists, and the head of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is having none of it: ...

17 Reasons To Give Thanks
Think Progress — ... withdrawal from Iraq. We’re thankful for the thousands of protesters who took to the streets across America to push for marriage equality. We’re not thankful for neo-McCarthys, neo-Hoovers, neo-Nazis, and neocons. We’re thankful for Tina Fey. We’re thankful to be liberal hacks. We’re not thankful for hack operatives burrowing into career civil service jobs. We’re more thankful for Vice President Joe Biden ...

Hersh: Cheney ‘Left A Stay Behind’ In Obama’s Government, Can ‘Still Control Policy Up To A Point’
Think Progress — ... .” Some of the burrowed former political appointees have close ties to Cheney, such as Jeffrey T. Salmon, who was a speechwriter for Cheney when he served as defense secretary. In July, he was named deputy director for resource management in the Energy Department’s Office of Science ...