Besides being anti-rule of law, anti-Constitution, anti-Congress, imperialist unitary executive, and criminal, the White House is using infantile an tactic: refusing to open email from it own agencies when it objects to the contents. 

As the Washington Post reports: "White House officials last December sought to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from submitting a proposed rule that would limit greenhouse-gas emissions on the grounds they pose a threat to public welfare, agency sources said yesterday. And upon learning that EPA had hit the "send" button just minutes earlier, the White House called again to demand that the e-mail be recalled.

"The EPA official who forwarded the e-mail, Associate Deputy Administrator Jason Burnett, refused, said the sources, who insisted on anonymity in order to discuss internal deliberations.

"The proposed rule was EPA's response to an April 2007 Supreme Court ruling that the agency had violated the Clean Air Act by refusing to take up the issue of regulating automobile emissions that contribute to global warming.

"Burnett, who resigned from the agency this month, sent the e-mail to the White House

Office of Management and Budget at 2:17 p.m. Dec. 5 and received the call warning him to hold off at 2:25 p.m., the sources said. The EPA is expected to release a watered-down version of its original proposal within a week, highlighting the extent to which Bush administration officials continue to resist mandatory federal limits on emissions linked to global warming.

"The New York Times reported Wednesday that White House officials never opened EPA's e-mail. In March, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee disclosed documents showing that the White House had overruled EPA's findings on the impact of vehicle emissions on climate change.

"Burnett refused to comment on the White House calls but said in an interview, 'In early December, I sent an e-mail with the formal finding that action must be taken to address the risk of climate change,' adding that he resigned his political appointment because the agency had been stymied in its efforts to respond to the Supreme Court. 'The White House made it clear they did not want to address the ramifications of that finding and have decided to leave the challenge to the next administration. Some [at the White House] thought that EPA had mistakenly concluded that climate change endangers the public. It was no mistake.'

"The Supreme Court ruling held that the Clean Air Act compelled the government to determine whether greenhouse gases endanger public health or the environment.

" 'The White House has found EPA's draft finding to be radioactive in three key areas,' said S. William Becker, executive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies. 'It validates the approval of California's waiver to regulate greenhouse gases from motor vehicles. It demonstrates that the Transportation Department's proposed fuel economy standards fall far short of what is technologically feasible and cost-effective. And it makes a strong case supporting how the existing Clean Air Act can be used to regulate greenhouse gases.' "

What an insane administration!  If you don't want to hear what is being said, just stick your fingers in your ears and scream, "I can't hear you!"  And this is an adult administration?  What does that say about the people who voted for Bush and his flunkies?