THIS WEEK ON
 SCIENCE FRIDAY...

scifri rainbow logo


Science Friday > Archives > 1999 > June > June 4, 1999:

Hour One:
Effects of Espionage

The release of the Cox Report on espionage in America's nuclear laboratories is shaking up Washington, DC... but what effect is the spy case going to have on the scientific community?

The House Science Committee has adopted several legislative amendments that would restrict access to Department of Energy facilities (including the U.S. national labs) by citizens of countries on the DOE's list of "sensitive countries." Citizens of those countries, including India, Pakistan, China, and Iraq, would not be permitted access to any classified facilities of any DOE labs.

Some observers are concerned that the backlash will also affect other policy matters, such as immigration quotas for foreign scientists -- and that a "witch-hunt atmosphere" in government labs may sour the scientific aspirations of many innocent scientists who have connections to foreign groups.

Will security slow science? We'll talk about it, on this hour of Science Friday.

RealAudio Icon

Listen to this program in RealAudio!

Listeners respond

 

Books/Articles Discussed:

 

 

The Cox Report

Search for books on:
Related Links:
The Cox Report
Los Alamos National Labs
Department of Energy statement
AAAS program on security's effects on science

This segment produced by:
Charles Bergquist
Web producer:
Charles Bergquist

Have questions, comments, suggestions about the radio show? Contact us at scifri@npr.org.
Send questions, comments, suggestions about the site to
producer@sciencefriday.com .

Science Friday® and sciencefriday.com are produced by ScienceFriday Inc.. "Science Friday" is a registered service mark.
Host/Executive Producer/Editor of Science Friday: Ira Flatow
Senior Producer of Science Friday: Karin Vergoth

© 1998, 1999 ScienCentral, Inc. All Rights Reserved.