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UK: Watch Out For The Return Of ITAR

Posted by timothy on from the bureaucrappy dept.

EhWhat writes: "Looks like the mistakes of ITAR are about to be repeated, not just for cryptography but for all academic research in the UK. The Times are reporting on a new bill to require all researchers and their work to be vetted."

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  1. forcing researchers abroad by leastsquares · · Score: 3, Interesting

    NEW laws designed to keep sensitive scientific information out of the hands of terrorists will entangle universities in red tape and force researchers abroad, leading scientists and academics said yesterday.

    The funding levels have already done that.

    There is probably a job available in the US for every scientist in the UK that wants one (within a 2 mile radius I know of at least 6 jobs available in my field and there are only a hundred or so people working in that field in the entire UK). I get paid 50% more here than I would in the UK... and the cost of living is lower.