It is against the law for government officials to conduct their business via private email accounts not subject to public scrutiny, yet we now have a second such instance on the record. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren joins EPA Director Lisa Jackson on that particular dishonor roll. Call me paranoid, but it almost seems like they are trying to hide things from us. A Washington Examiner editorial explains what has been uncovered: ...the Competitive Enterprise Institute filed suit in a federal court Monday claiming Holdren violatedfederal law and regulation by doing something he specifically advised employees not to do. That something was using a private email account to conduct official government business. Holdren used the account he had held in his prior position as director of the Woods Hole Research Center, a prominent environmental advocacy group. As with so much else on the Freedom of...(Read Full Post)