Not a surprise, really, but the previous Surgeon General of the US, Richard H. Carmona, testified before Congress that the Bush administration put politics before science, delibrately watering down or delay scientific reports that went against their policies and actively asking the Surgeon General to play politics.

In relation to my previous rant, this shows the danger of having leaders who have no real knowledge nor care about science and use their personal beliefs and convications to set policy that is in direct conflict with scientific evidence.