[A CURIOUS EMAIL, SENT ON APRIL 1ST, SO MAYBE IT'S A JOKE?]
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Please see guidance below.  Although the email was directed to PAO 
personnel, it also applies to all Directorate personnel as indicated 
in the body of the email.  Please direct specific questions to Ed 
Campion, the Goddard news chief, at X-XXXX.


Thursday, April 1st
3:50 p.m. EST

NOTE TO:  All GSFC Public Affairs Personnel

SUBJECT:  NASA Comments on THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW MOVIE


Please make sure you inform the program and project offices you support
here at Goddard that no one from NASA is to do interviews or otherwise
comment on anything having to do with an upcoming 20th Century feature movie
called  THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (see e-mail below from NASA HQ).
Any news media wanting to discuss science fiction vs. science fact about
climate change will need to seek comment from individuals or
organizations not associated with NASA.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Ed Campion, XXX-XXX-XXXX
GSFC News Chief

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[THEN A FEW DAYS LATER, I GOT THE FOLLOWING]
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Movie Support Clarification

News reports in recent days have suggested that NASA has
attempted to "muzzle" researchers from responding to the issues
raised in the upcoming movie "The Day After Tomorrow." To the
contrary, NASA expects that as colleagues, we will speak our
minds, regardless of whether those views work to the advantage of
the agency or not.

Diversity of opinion is a valuable resource and plays an
important role as we work to successfully fulfill our mission
objectives.

To clarify the specific issue, a number of NASA colleagues
assisted with the film's development. However, we require
producers to sign a cooperation agreement before offering any
formal advance promotional support. This is a standard agency
policy that has successfully worked with other entertainment
blockbusters such as "Armageddon" and "Space Cowboys."

But, the producers of "The Day After Tomorrow" have not signed an
agreement. As such, NASA does not plan any specific support of
this production.

This direction should not be interpreted as an attempt to keep
scientists from speaking out on the issue of climate change. We
encourage our researchers to openly answer all appropriate
questions regarding the science explored in the movie.

Glenn Mahone
Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs