THE Obama Administration has launched what is said to be the strongest attack yet by the US on Japanese lethal "scientific" whaling. In a long-awaited detailed statement released last night, the Administration criticised the misuse of International Whaling Commission rules, and said scientific whaling undermined the global moratorium on commercial whaling. The statement to a Congressional committee by the White House and National Oceans and Atmospheric Administration strongly defended the 23-year-old moratorium and urged disputing IWC nations to resolve their differences now. Refraining from criticism of Japan under the Bush administration, the US has placed itself squarely in the anti-whaling...