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When a law is patently unjust—and several provisions of the PATRIOT Act certainly are—just people have no obligation to obey it. If Harvard researchers defy this law, morality and common sense will be on their side. Just as non-profits across the country have been challenging provisions of the Act that allow the Justice Department to wiretap private homes and businesses at will, academic institutions must be the ones to take the lead in challenging the legitimacy of the clauses dealing with research...
...PATRIOT Act poses a substantive threat to academic freedom. It is a showcase example of sloppy legislation, having gone from a draft bill to a public law in just four days—a record for a bill of its size. Able researchers, whatever their nationality, should be allowed to carry out their work without the hindrance of ill-conceived government harassment. Harvard’s Faculty must stand up for that right...
...complying fully in all respects and has every intention of continuing to do so. Insofar as biodefense research is concerned, discussions are underway in a University-wide committee on ways in which fundamental scientific problems bearing on biodefense may be safely and securely investigated under conditions that meet USA PATRIOT Act restrictions and preserve basic academic principles (the free and open exchange of information, an open campus, etc.). That committee will report this spring, giving due consideration to the major differences in the missions, the student and faculty populations and the operating policies and practices of the three most relevant...
...Committee on Research Policy, which has recently consulted with the departments in FAS that might participate in such research, believes that the interests of both the nation and the University would be far better served if Select Agent research subject to PATRIOT Act restrictions were conducted in dedicated buildings. The Committee will continue to consult with these departments...
...research that requires Select Agent registration under the PATRIOT Act is being conducted on the College campus now, and neither Harvard’s Acting General Counsel nor I stated, let alone “emphasized the threat the Act poses to research being done in FAS.” Of course, time and effort have been expended in surveying laboratories for Select Agents and assuring that investigators are aware of, and complying with...