First off, from what I can gather, he's a policy advisor -- a law maker, not a scientist. This makes the title somewhat disingenuous, at least in my opinion. S

First off, from what I can gather, he's a policy advisor -- a law maker, not a scientist. This makes the title somewhat disingenuous, at least in my opinion. Second, this story is 3.5 months old: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/former-senior-epa-adviser-beale-expected-to-plead-guilty-in-900000-pay-fraud/2013/09/04/6a5ce06c-1574-11e3-be6e-dc6ae8a5b3a8_story.html?hpid=z1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/former...