The assault on press freedom by the Firefighters Union and the Democrat-run courts of Massachusetts seems to have ended. A state judge lifted the gag order yesterday.

And look at what they were trying to cover up.

Autopsies on two Boston firefighters who were killed while battling a restaurant blaze in August revealed that one had a blood alcohol content more than three times the legal limit and the other had cocaine in his system, newspapers here reported Thursday.

The Boston Globe and The Boston Herald reported that autopsies showed that one of the firefighters, Paul Cahill, had a blood alcohol content of 0.27 and that the other, Warren Payne, had traces of cocaine in his system. The legal blood alcohol limit in Massachusetts is 0.08.

Even if one accepts the contention that decomposition could produce a false reading of up to .10, it is clear that Cahill was at twice the legal intoxication limit. And Payne was quite obviously coming to work with illegal drugs in his system. but Boston firefighters are not subject to any drug or alcohol testing unless reported as being suspected of being drunk or drugged on duty. Does public safety require a change?

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