And finally the New York Daily News is reporting in May 2002 President Bush signed a directive that granted the Environmental Protection Agency the power to classify information as secret. Critics are questioning the timing of the Bush order, saying it may be linked to the EPA’s handling of the cleanup of Ground Zero. Joel Kupferman of the New York Environmental Law and Justice Project said: “I think the rationale behind this was to not let people know what they were potentially exposed to.”
Bush Granted EPA Secrecy Rights Amid Ground Zero Controversy
HeadlineJul 28, 2006