Word: blanton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition, critics argue that the restrictions cannot succeed, because sophisticated intelligence gatherers are able to piece together scientific information despite strict controls. "What any researcher worth their salt does is construct mosaics," Blanton says...
Harvard and Shattuck form "a pretty unbeatable combination," Blanton says. Shattuck "is the first person people on Capitol Hill turn to on this issue...
When Shattuck and other lobbyists began rallying the opposition to the restrictions on scientific communication, the scientific community was among the first to respond. Scientists are "even more unified now in the realization that you have to have a free flow of information," Blanton says...
...past, the Congress has not been able to opppose Reagan's policy effectively and has allowed the Administration a relatively free hand, analysts say. "For the most part, Congress has not figured out ways to rein in the executive branch in these areas," Blanton says...
Such restrictions "are stupid and self-defeating," Blanton says, adding that the legislation is "not going to go anywhere" in Congress...