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Science Editors Urge Nondisclosure Of Bioterror Info

Posted by timothy on from the gently-gently dept.

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.

6 of 305 comments (clear)

  1. Good by unterderbrucke · · Score: 0, Troll

    My life/health is way more important than free speech, sorry for the bitter truth folks.

  2. Not liberty by unterderbrucke · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nice try, but I'm talking about my physical life , not liberty.

  3. FUCK OFF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Go guzzle CowboyNeals Diarrhea.

  4. Re:same but different by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That sounds just as a M$ patch to me...

  5. Science magazine is a wankers paradise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    First, they have this:
    http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/security/in dex.shtml

    In case you wonder why their printed matter looks like horse manure on top of dog shit; here's the answer:
    http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/contribinfo/prep /TeX_help/index.shtml

    Let me quote (from the second item of the list):
    Our routine for converting LaTeX files to Word97 format relies on a DOS-based utility that converts to HTML as an intermediate format.

  6. Bush said I was by unterderbrucke · · Score: -1, Troll

    believe it or not.

    might wanna check my user info and bush's state of the union address.