The Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin obtains an email showing that the Environmental Protection Agency is not only not letting its managers talk to the press, but also cutting off communications with government auditors. In June, Robbie Farrell, who heads the agency’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, told employees to route queries to media relations from the Government Accountability Office and EPA’s own office of Inspector General.

It’s one thing for federal agencies to block their employees from talking to the press. But banning talk with government investigators is beyond the pale. An entire book could be written about how Bush’s EPA has picked politics over science. Unfortunately, that book — and related audits — will have to wait until these employees retire.-MB

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