Well after reading the entire article and what not here is my conclusion...

The Bush administration when he took office had made historical budget cuts for all environmental concerns...Bush also holds oil interest in various locations....he has pockets filled with ant environmental lobbyists.

So for his admin to bring up some obscure law such as this isn't really all that shocking.

I am not a big tree hugger but Greenpeace has done more good than bad for the earth and our environment...a little extremem at times but hey..its what it takes sometimes.

Yes try them for civil disobedience or trespass but this obscure law is going to be and yet another nail in the Bush re-election coffin.