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Ron Broberg on September 8, 2008 - 9:58am

Check out the wiki link and see, once again, the politicization of science at work. I'm not referring to the actual JASON working group, but DARPA's sudden desire to handpick members.

DARPA's decision [to stop funding JASON] came after JASON's refusal to allow DARPA to select three new JASON members, none of whom fit the membership criterion of academic excellence. Since JASON's inception, new members have always been selected by its existing members. "This selection process maintains Jason's autonomy," Holt wrote, "and ensures that their decisions are not based on any obligation to the Department of Defense. Allowing the Department of Defense to choose Jason's members would compromise the objectivity and independence of the group's advice."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JASON_Defense_Advisory_Group

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CSS on September 8, 2008 - 12:54pm

DARPA's decision [to stop funding JASON] came after JASON's refusal to allow DARPA to select three new JASON members, none of whom fit the membership criterion of academic excellence.

This was in 2002 - more of GWB's meddling.

The Republican War on Science

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Aniya on September 9, 2008 - 8:23pm

Interesting about those JASON folks.

Any one of them could have talked about the conclusions.

Any of their later "club" members, upon learning of the report...likewise.

And they still could do this.

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