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Press officers, who were granted anonymity because they said they were still concerned for their jobs despite Dr. Griffin's call for openness, said much of the pressure in late 2004 was placed on Gretchen Cook-Anderson. At the time, she was in charge of managing the flow of earth science news at NASA headquarters. In an e-mail message yesterday, Ms. Cook-Anderson, who now works as a writer and editor for NASA through a contractor, said While she can't discuss these matters, she won't disagree with that description of what took place.  Press officers, who were granted anonymity because they said they were still concerned for their jobs despite Dr. Griffin's call for openness, said much of the pressure in late 2004 was placed on Gretchen Cook-Anderson. Cook-Anderson was in charge of managing the flow of earth science news at NASA headquarters. Cook-Anderson, who now works as a writer and editor for NASA through a contractor, said that he couldn't discuss those matters, he wouldn't disagree with that description of what took place. Dean Acosta, a political appointee who was then Mr. Mahone's deputy and is now Dr. Griffin's press secretary, said he had never pressed Ms. Cook-Anderson to cut back on news releases.
