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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: National Academy of Sciences frets about self-censorship




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Date sent:      	Mon, 29 Jul 2002 03:01:24 -0400
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From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: National Academy of Sciences frets about self-censorship
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 13:32:12 -0700
From: spacerog@speakeasy.net
To: declan@well.com
Subject: Politech: Scince Pubs to be Censored


http://www.boston.com/dailynews/207/wash/Academy_of_Sciences_to_hold_s
u:.shtml


Academy of Sciences to hold summit on limiting science publications to
prevent terrorism

By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press, 7/26/2002 14:30

WASHINGTON (AP) The National Academy of Sciences is organizing a
scientific town hall meeting to discuss whether researchers should
withhold information when they publish studies to ensure the
information could not be used by terrorists.

Ronald Atlas, president of the American Society for Microbiology,
proposed the meeting in a letter to Academy president Bruce Alberts.

Atlas said his society has been asked by some authors to allow them to
withhold information out of concern that it might be misappropriated
or abused.

Such a step runs counter to current policies in the scientific
community, which generally require researchers publishing their
findings to include enough detail for others in the field to duplicate
their results.

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- SR




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