Gee, wish I could say that this surprised me. But an administration that lies about the need to send troops into combat to invade a sovereign country, rewrites scientific reports on global warming, promotes abstinence instead of condoms as an alternative to normal teenage behavior...it really shouldn't surprise anyone that they'd do this: lie yet again, oh sorry, modify the facts to suit the situation.

The Bush administration altered critical portions of a scientific analysis of the environmental impact of cattle grazing on public lands before announcing Thursday that it would relax regulations limiting grazing on those lands, according to scientists involved in the study.

A government biologist and a hydrologist, who both retired this year from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, said their conclusions that the proposed rules might adversely affect water quality and wildlife, including endangered species, were excised and replaced with language justifying less stringent regulations, which are favored by cattle ranchers.

It's almost as though there ought to be a new cabinet post in the 1600 Crew: Secretary for Psuedo-scientific Investigation. Then at least we'd all know when the bullshit was officially sanctioned instead of just sort of snuck in through the back door like it is now.