Research under fire?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Lawrence A. Rowe" <Rowe () CS Berkeley EDU>
Organization: U.C. Berkeley
Reply-To: <Rowe () CS Berkeley EDU>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:41:09 -0800
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Something for IP?

hi dave - the attached article appeared locally at berkeley.  if you haven't
posted something on the topic yet, i suspect IP folks would find it
interesting.
/larry

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Lawrence A. Rowe (Emeritus Professor, UC Berkeley)
925-218-2221  http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~larry

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Research under fire: In the war on terror, academic freedom could wind up as
collateral damage

By Barry Bergman, Public Affairs, UC Berkeley | 27 January 2005

The University of California's credo, "Fiat lux" ("Let there be light"),
celebrates the power of knowledge. Federal officials, however, mindful that
power is a double-edged sword, seem intent on imposing an alternate,
post-9/11
credo on those who conduct university research: Let there be licenses.

In an age when data can be dangerous, the Bush administration is clearly
concerned with keeping classified information out of the hands of America's
enemies, from terrorist networks to hostile regimes.

...

  http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2005/01/27_acfreedom.shtml

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