EPA Warns 2 Staff Lawyers on Videos Criticizing Climate 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."

John M. Broder and Leslie Kaufman report for the New York Times November 9, 2009.

Source: NYTimes, 11/11/2009