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4 Privacy vs. Openness: A View from the Bench
Pages 20-21

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... Weinstein addressed the workshop on the "difference between the basic and often irresolvable conflicts of openness and secrecy." He said that our society's democratic ideology seeks to balance sometimes conflicting commitments to both openness (nothing should be hidden) and privacy (everything should be hidden)
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... To date, the judge commented, the courts have not given sufficient weight to scientists' need to do their own work. In the cases involving Agent Orange, for example, the courts ruled that the public interest overrides secrecy issues.
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