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Monday, March 30, 2009

Big Bird Lobbies for Secrecy of Records Showing Birds Killing Humans

OK, sorry for the slightly flippant headline, but this is so silly.

The FAA won't release records showing incidents of birds striking aircraft, as happened a few weeks ago when the US Air jet crashed into the Hudson River.

Who wants to keep these things secret? The "bird lobby" is all we could come up with. You've heard of "Big Oil" and "Big Tobacco." Now it's: