Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the U.S. Department of Energy and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration Lisa Gordon-Hagerty tours the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Alabama in Bangor, Washington, U.S. in this October 10, 2018 handout photo. Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amanda R. Gray/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS
Reuters: Special Report: Inside a Trump-era purge of military scientists at a legendary think tank
NEW YORK (Reuters) - They’re members of a prestigious academic panel with top-secret clearances who’ve advised the Pentagon on some of America’s most vexing national security issues since the Cold War. Over 60 years, they’ve won 11 Nobel prizes and conducted hundreds of government studies.
The advisory group, known as Jason, is a team of some 60 of America’s top physicists and scientists who spend each summer in La Jolla, California, conducting studies commissioned by the Pentagon and other U.S. government agencies.
On March 28, Trump appointee Michael Griffin – the Pentagon’s chief technology officer – unexpectedly moved to terminate the group.
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WNU Editor: I always feel uneasy reading news reports on 60 year old think tanks being eliminated. I always believed that even if one good idea or understanding comes out from such a group, the investment would be worth it. But I guess in today's world where government monies are limited, many of these committees are no longer "affordable".
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Well, it could be worse than money.
Jac could be right given the dismal state of academia nowadays. Those scientist might be bright and money may not be the problem.
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