Whistleblowing in the Dark

Saunders on whistleblower Walpin who was fired by the White House for murky reasons.

Didn't NASA's James "Chicken Little" Hansen manage to keep his job during the horrid Bush Administration? Apparently the Bushies were cowed when he took the Peter Venkman approach to his critics.

"Back off man, I'm a scientist."

UPDATE: See today's Daily Times editorial on Walpin.