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06/21/2005:
"ACLU Says Bush Is Restricting Science"
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union charged Tuesday that the Bush administration is placing science under siege by overzealously tightening restrictions on information, individuals and technology in the name of homeland security.The administration "has sought to impose growing restrictions on the free flow of scientific information, unreasonable barriers on the use of scientific materials and increased monitoring of and restrictions on foreign university students," the ACLU said.
Since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks the government has actively increased the use of classifying information to keep it secret, including the use of the category "unclassified but sensitive" and extending classification authority to more departments, the ACLU said.
Robert Hopkins of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy criticized the ACLU for seeking to politicize the issue.
"The report chooses to criticize actions taken to address security concerns in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack," Hopkins said. "The administration has worked in good faith with serious members of the science community, including the National Academies, to determine the best way to enable the conduct of science without providing terrorists with a road map for pursuing their aims."
Full: news.yahoo.com
