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14. Legal Pressures in National Security Restrictions
Pages 104-108

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From page 104...
... It was issued in December 2001 and provides regulations on publications. It says that no publication is allowed to have the following, contents that: "insult or slander other people"; "publicize pornography, gambling and violence, or instigate crimes"; "leak state secrets, endanger national security, or damage national interests"; "endanger social ethics and outstanding national cultural traditions"; "disrupt public order and undermine social stability"; or "publicize cults and superstitions.")
From page 105...
... The post-September 11/post-anthrax attacks security environment has raised concerns regarding the possible malicious use of scientific and technical information and puts greater pressures on scientific institutions to strengthen security to prevent the unintended transfer of technology to those who would harm us. We felt this pressure when we realized that the perpetrators of the September 11th attacks lived secretly in our neighborhoods, and operated freely within our open society.
From page 106...
... the potential societal benefits." 9 In October 2001, Attorney General Ashcroft revised the federal government's policy on releasing documents under the Freedom of Information Act, urging agencies to pay more heed to "institutional, commercial, and personal privacy interests." The administration wants the new Department of Homeland Security exempted from many requirements of the Freedom of Information Act. In March 2002, the President's Chief of Staff issued a memo to executive agencies requesting that they safeguard information that could reasonably be expected to assist in the development or use of Weapons of Mass Destruction, including information about current locations on nuclear materials.
From page 107...
... These incidents spurred dramatic reforms from both the legislative and the executive branches, including the institution of numerous new security measures at DOE to protect scientific and technical information and to prevent access of foreign nationals to the labs in certain circumstances. Concerned about the consequences of these new reforms, then Secretary of Energy William Richardson established a high-level commission led by former Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre to assess the new challenges that DOE faces in operating premier science institutions in the twenty-first century, while protecting and enhancing national security.
From page 108...
... Finally, if information security is required, use understandable, meaningful, and workable classification systems to protect information. I think these principles represent hard decisions, which we must make to manage our growing information society and vital scientific enterprise today.


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