Science Editors Urge Nondisclosure Of Bioterror Info

Jeraph Mason writes "According to this story on ABC news, science editors want to censor their publications because terrorists may use them. It's the same argument used to prevent security disclosures from being published." There's also coverage on the BBC and at The Washington Post.

Comments

Great.

[mrseigen]

I feel really secure knowing that security by obfuscation and overblown terrorism fears, my two favorite things in all the world, are finally together.

Chemical and Biological Weapons in 21 days

[KoolDude]

Note: This post has been deleted to prevent exploitation by terrorists reading Slashdot.

Re:same but different

[Waffle Iron]

It's a little different, though. It's much harder to issue a security patch for the human body.

Given the skyrocketing sales of duct tape this past week, I'm guessing there's a lot of people who are going to try patching anyway.