NEWS> Impact of Terrorism on the Content of Scientific Journals
- From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:07:05 -0600
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From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 13:01:18 -0500 (EST)
If the content of publications will aid terrorists design biological
weapons, should an article contain such data as would provide such
knowledge, the publishers of science journals have decided not.
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Science Journals Cutting Bioterror Data
Science Journals Say They'll Delete Data From Studies That May Help
Terrorists Make Bioweapons
The Associated Press
<http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030216_443.html>
DENVER Feb. 16
Editors of the world's leading scientific journals announced Saturday they
would delete details from published studies that might help terrorists
make biological weapons.
The editors, joined by several prominent scientists, said they would not
censor scientific data or adopt a top-secret classification system similar
to that used by the military and government intelligence agencies.
But they said scientists working in the post-Sept. 11 world must face the
dismaying paradox that many of their impressive breakthroughs can be used
for sinister purposes.
The new editing methods will be voluntary and will differ among the 32
publications and scientific associations that agreed to the effort. Those
include the journals Science, Nature, Proceedings of the National
Academies of Science, the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.
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