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Opinion
Nature 413, 655 (18 October 2001) | doi:10.1038/35099683
Anti-terrorist agendas
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Abstract
The current security crisis will lead to the restoration of an intimate relationship between science and the US federal government, in which money-grubbing will take a back seat.
The events of 11 September have shaken many people to the core, scientists included, and it is naturally taking time for their various practical implications to sink in. But one thing is clear: in time of war, modern governments require a special relationship with their best scientists and engineers — a relationship that now needs to be recast.
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