perfidy

Two viewpoints: First, Leon Kass (bioethics council member) claims that the council is balanced and that politics are not involved.

Or, you could read this article, in which Elizabeth Blackburn (one of the ejected scientists) is quoted as saying, "I think this is Bush stacking the council with the compliant".

You might also want to read Glenn Reynolds' take on it. He's pretty harsh, and he's GOP.

As with foreign policy, economics, taxation and religion, this President doesn't like being inconvenienced by opposing views.