HHS Seeks Science Advice to Match Bush Views (washingtonpost.com)

The Bush administration has begun a broad restructuring of the scientific advisory committees that guide federal policy in areas such as patients’ rights and public health, eliminating some committees that were coming to conclusions at odds with the president’s views and in other cases replacing members with handpicked choices.

Kind of reminds me of the way the soviet union acted. Wonder how they are doing these days.