ABC is reporting that earlier reports that the polar bear scienctist guy was NOT, as originally reported, (for instance by OP here) fired for scientific misconduct.
He was fired for "management issues".
Supposedly, the backstory is Obama wants to give drilling rights to exxon, and he opposes it.
So they sacked him.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wir...inglePage=true
Quote:
The government's suspension of an Arctic scientist was related to how a polar bear research project was awarded and managed and not his earlier scientific work detailing drowned polar bears, a watchdog group said Monday.
Charles Monnett, a U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Enforcement and Regulation biologist, was placed on administrative leave July 18, pending final results of an inspector general's investigation into "integrity issues."
The advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said he was never told why he was suspended or what the focus of the investigation was.
However, Monnett received a letter dated July 29 from Special Agent Eric May in the Department of the Interior's inspector general's office, outlining the focus of the investigation, which is related to the study being conducted jointly with a Canadian university. He asked Monnett to be prepared to answer further questions in an Aug. 9 interview.
"We intend to discuss actions taken in your official capacity as a biologist and any collateral duties involving contracts as an official of the U.S. Government," May wrote in the letter, a copy of which was provided by the advocacy group. "Those actions include the procurement of a sole source, cost-reimbursable contract with the University of Alberta to conduct a study titled 'Populations and Sources of the Recruitment in Polar Bears.'"
Monnett coordinated much of the agency's research on Arctic wildlife and ecology and had duties that included managing about $50 million worth of studies.
A memo dated July 13, sent to Monnett by contracting officer Celeste H. Rueffert, said that information raised by the investigation "causes us to have concerns about your ability to act as the Contracting Officer's Representative in an impartial and objective manner on the subject contract."
A stop-work order was issued that same day for the polar bear tracking study.
"The stop-work order has now been rescinded, and the study is continuing to move forward," ocean energy management bureau spokeswoman Melissa Schwartz said in an email to The Associated Press on Monday.
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I've read about half a dozen articles about this now - supposedly more scandal may be breaking soon, about the oil company influence, we shall see. If I remember I will get the sources for those pieces.
So you wingers should be happy, your buttboy Obama had him canned to clear the way for oil leasing.
And you got a twofer, cuz your pet media first tried to say it was for scientific misconduct. Oil leases and smearing a biologist, a corporate wetdream. I know you will forget that the story changed afterwards. The rightwing memory is so wonderfully flexible.