http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/trump-administration-blacks-out-animal-welfare-information
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a statement this morning regarding the removal of animal welfare reports from its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) website: "The review of APHIS' website has been ongoing, and the agency is striving to balance the need for transparency with rules protecting individual privacy. In 2016, well before the change of Administration, APHIS decided to make adjustments to the posting of regulatory records. In addition, APHIS is currently involved in litigation concerning, among other issues, information posted on the agency's website. While the agency is vigorously defending against this litigation, in an abundance of caution, the agency is taking additional measures to protect individual privacy. These decisions are not final. Adjustments may be made regarding information appropriate for release and posting."
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 08 2017, @03:20PM
another reason not to pay income tax. you are financially supporting the cover up of animal torture all over the country. add it to the long list of atrocities funding the degenerate ghouls in washington enables.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Wednesday February 08 2017, @05:44PM
It is a reason. Whether it's a valid reason is up to you. And if you decide to do that, be sure to count the costs.
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(Score: 1) by butthurt on Wednesday February 08 2017, @07:04PM
Ordinarily I'd expect it to cost more money to put information on a Web site, and maintain the site, than to delete that information or close down the site. I suppose it could be the other way around in a bureaucracy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 09 2017, @01:34AM
How is it a cover up? They're the ones creating the reports. If you refused to give them any tax income the reports wouldn't exist in the first place. You're far more supporting animal torture though buying food from anyplace except a farmer's market.