EDITORIAL NOTE: The Gloucester Times updated this story after the print edition was published with additional quotes from lawmakers.
The virtual blackout of information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for nearly two months on its response to evidence of potential corruption and obstruction of justice by the former chief of its ocean police was greeted Friday with anger and disappointment.
The contrast between the heavy-handed approach to policing the fishing fleet, which emerged as a defining characteristic of NOAA law enforcement in the report of the Commerce Department's Inspector General , and the acquiescence of NOAA to the oil industry and other agencies to banking was cited in criticism of the agency's decision against releasing information about the status of former chief Dale Jones and other questions.
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