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From: travis@douglass.columbia.edu (Travis Lee Winfrey)
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Subject: Re: Debate Info Wanted - Secrecy and Science
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Date: 23 May 89 00:24:05 GMT
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In article <13582@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> genemans@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Jan Genemans) writes:
> [give me some references so that I can ]
> ... prove that open publication and communication is essential to the
>progress of science and that science cannot flourish if it is forced to
>operate under a veil of secrecy.

try "Secrets" by Sissela Bok.  She is a well-known writer on moral
issues.  Her book covers many aspects of keeping secrets, including
the areas you describe.  Her discussion will probably not be in the
amount of detail you want, but she will cover all the primary issues
and give references.

you were looking for other examples where openness of science was an
issue.  the following should be easy enough to find.
 - lysenko's discredited genetic theories of inheritance in Stalin's USSR.
 - abortive actions under Reagan administration taken to limit or monitor
   access to publically available databases.
 - similar actions by the FBI and CIA to limit or monitor the activies
   of foreign-born students.
 - allegedly incomplete testing of DoD equipment, e.g., Aegis system,
   Stealth bomber, Sgt. York.
 - attempts by the NSA to classify publically described encryption
   algoritms, e.g. the RSA (Ravest-Shamir-Adleman) public-key algorithm.

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