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NOAA Official to Investigate if Agency Violated Ethics


An Official with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is going to Investigate if the Agency Violated its Own Ethics when it backed President Trump's Tweets about Hurricane Dorian over its Experts.

The move is the latest Development in an ongoing Controversy surrounding the President's False Assertion last week that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama.

On Friday, NOAA Disavowed a Tweet from the National Weather Service's (NWS) Birmingham, Alabama, Office that had Contradicted Trump's Claim.

In an Internal Email, NOAA Acting Chief Scientist Craig McLean called the Response "Political" and "a Danger to Public Health and Safety." He also said he would Investigate if the Agency's Actions Violated the "NOAA Administrative Order on Scientific Integrity."

"The NWS Forecaster(s) corrected any public misunderstanding in an expert and timely way, as they should," McLean said. "There followed, last Friday, an unsigned press release from 'NOAA' that inappropriately and incorrectly contradicted the NWS forecaster. My understanding is that this intervention to contradict the forecaster was not based on science but on external factors including reputation and appearance, or simply put, political."

NWS sent a Memo to Staffers last week Directing them to Focus on Hurricane Dorian and not "National Level Social Media Posts," an apparent Reference to Trump's Claims.

Some Reported the NWS Memo included Stronger Language about Not Contradicting the President.

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