Two lawyers who work for the EPA have been directed to ‘correct’ a YouTube video they made that is critical of the Obama administration’s climate change/global warming/Cap and Trade/power grab policy:
The Environmental Protection Agency has directed two of its lawyers to makes changes to a YouTube video they posted that is critical of the Obama administration’s climate change policy.
The agency, citing federal policies, told the two lawyers, Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel, who are married and based in San Francisco, that they could mention their E.P.A. affiliation only once; must remove language specifying Mr. Zabel’s expertise and their years of employment with the agency; and must remove an image of the agency’s office in San Francisco.
They have been told that if they do not edit the video to comply with the policy, they could face disciplinary action.
The video, titled “The Huge Mistake,” was produced and posted in September. But the agency did not issue its warning until The Washington Post published a widely cited opinion article by the couple on Oct. 31 that raised concerns, echoing those in the video, about cap-and-trade legislation that the Obama administration supports.
The EPA and the Obama administration say they have no problem with the two attorneys freedom of speech rights. But it’s clear that, because the video doesn’t carry the water for climate change, this is yet another attempt to intimidate and/or silence anyone who wants to disseminate the truth.
