--- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 13:32:12 -0700 From: spacerogat_private To: declanat_private Subject: Politech: Scince Pubs to be Censored http://www.boston.com/dailynews/207/wash/Academy_of_Sciences_to_hold_su:.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. ... - SR ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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