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Mike Griffin's Hypocrisy And Selective History On Display Once Again

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
August 30, 2011
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Let the Games Begin, opinion, Mike Griffin, SpaceNews
“The administration’s actions go beyond simple mismanagement of the program. They amount to a smear campaign, with convenient leaking of derogatory and misleading information to the press, to undermine public support for the program. On Aug. 5, the Orlando Sentinel cited internal NASA documents detailing a $38 billion estimate for a “new NASA moon rocket.” This estimate is entirely out of line with previous projections and good management practice. Even if correct, such documents would normally be extremely sensitive and available only to NASA leadership. Their release offers yet another example of the tiresome Washington game of leaking a highly biased story in order to set the terms for an upcoming debate. Fortunately, Congress understands this, and has submitted a formal subpoena for the factual data.”
Keith’s note: (Gasp) Mike, I’m absolutely shocked that anyone at NASA would ever “leak” anything to the media!! I suppose your staff never leaked anything – ever. You expresss outrage that this has happened – yet a few sentences later you use data from the very same leaked documents with which to make a point. The bias of the selective history you heave forth in your editorial is eclipsed only by your hypocrisy and inconsistency.
Oh yes, word has it that Mike Griffin will be testifying before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in September – along with Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan. Griffin helped ghost write Armstrong and Cernan’s double header congressional appearances last year …

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