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Security Versus Science

Posted by michael on from the for-the-children dept.

dogfrt writes "According to this Wired News article, post-9/11 homeland security has had a decidedly negative effect on US scientific research. In specific, researchers are self-censoring what they publish, talented foreign students are being denied visas (approximately 20%, according to one source in the article), and researchers are avoiding work with dangerous pathogens, choosing more innocuous micro-organisms."

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  1. Re:The real enemy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Nice Troll, Trollowski.

  2. Re:The real enemy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Thank you Mr. Ridge.

    I did not know you'd stoop as low as subscribing to Slashdot so that you'd get first posts, too.

  3. Re:The real enemy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    You were moderated as Troll because Slashdot is moderated by liberal freaks.

    On Slashdot:

    Flag burning is praised.