Why is Ed Martin So Interested in Medical Journal Publication Practices?

Interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia , Ed Martin , has sent out a letter to a rather obscure medical journal, "Chest" The letter raises a number of interesting questions, including why Martin is interested in the publication practices of an obscure specialty medical journal published in Illinois .

What does it mean to take a request for information and clarification about medical journal publication practices "seriously"? What is the ultimate purpose - the grand strategy - behind the Administration 's war on science?.