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SCIENCE AND SECRECY
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 13:30:01 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: "Aftergood, Steven" <saftergood () fas org> SECRECY NEWS from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2002, Issue No. 108 October 29, 2002 ** CHANGING CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN SPIES ANALYZED ** DIA, STATE DEPT ANSWER WORLDWIDE THREAT QUESTIONS ** SCIENCE AND SECRECY ** CIA ON CAMPUS <snip> SCIENCE AND SECRECY The diverse new national security concerns confronting scientists, particularly microbiologists, are examined by Ronald M. Atlas, president of the American Society for Microbiology, in an essay in the latest edition of Science Magazine: "Should scientists be constrained regarding questions they ask and should more research be classified? Should journals reject papers containing potentially sensitive information? Should secrecy clearances be required for attendees at biodefense research meetings? Should there be mandatory government review before publishing information, even from unclassified studies and those not funded by government? Finally, perhaps the most difficult questions of all, exactly what is sensitive information, and who is empowered to decide what is potentially dangerous?" See "National Security and the Biological Research Community" in Science, 25 October 2002, pp. 753-4 or online here (subscribers only): http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/298/5594/753 Related issues are also discussed in "New Antiterrorism Tenets Trouble Scientists," by Peg Brickley in The Scientist, October 28: http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2002/oct/prof_021028.html <snip> _______________________________________________ Secrecy News is written by Steven Aftergood and published by the Federation of American Scientists. To SUBSCRIBE to Secrecy News, send email to secrecy_news-request () lists fas org with "subscribe" in the body of the message. To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a blank email message to secrecy_news-remove () lists fas org OR email your request to saftergood () fas org Secrecy News is archived at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/index.html _______________________ Steven Aftergood Project on Government Secrecy Federation of American Scientists web: www.fas.org/sgp/index.html email: saftergood () fas org voice: (202) 454-4691 ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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