The EPA cut back reporting requirements of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) despite past success.

In 2005, the Department of Justice misused sleep deprivation research in memorandums sent to the CIA to help justify the CIA’s use of sleep deprivation, along with additional CIA interrogation techniques used on “high value” detainees.

In September 2005, NOAA scientist Dr. Pieter Tans was asked to cancel a conference session on energy use and the carbon cycle due to policy implications and was told that the words “climate change” could not appear in the titles of any presentations.

In July 2005, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delayed the release of a report showing that the average fuel efficiency of American cars and trucks had declined since the late 1980s.

The extent to which greenhouse gas emissions from human activity contribute to an increase in hurricane number and intensity in recent years, is a matter of active scientific debate.

In August 2005, the Department of Justice demoted an official who fought efforts to suppress an agency study which found evidence of racial profiling by police officers.

Early in 2005, NASA quietly closed down an $11.3 million, state-of-the-art program designed to collect critical data on air travel safety.

Dr. James Zahn, a research microbiologist at the USDA, asserted that he was prohibited on no fewer than 11 occasions from publicizing his research on the potential hazards to human health posed by airborne bacteria originating in farm wastes.

A widespread public outcry occurred in response to an unqualified FDA nominee.

In a well-documented case involving the Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary Tommy Thompson dismissed three well-qualified experts on ergonomics from a narrowly focused peer review panel at the NIOSH.