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Chairman of Texas Forensic Science Panel Oversteps His Authority

By Steve Hall

That's the title of a Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial.  It appeared in the Thursday edition.  LINK What is it John Bradley doesn?t want the public to know about the work of the Texas Forensic Science Commission?Gov. Rick Perry appointed Bradley, the Williamson County district attorney, to head the commission in September in a hasty shake-up of the panel?s membership that left lingering suspicions about the governor?s motives.Bradley then proceeded to suggest in a public hearing that the commission might need to operate in secret on occasion. This Editorial Board cautioned against that idea on Nov. 14.Now it sounds as though Bradley could be subtly trying to muzzle other panel members.What he ? and the governor ? should realize is that this agency isn?t going to revert to obscurity, and trying to exercise dictatorial control over information is only going to draw negative attention and undermine public confidence...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 30, 2009 (boomark / email).