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Nature 416, 353 (28 March 2002) | doi:10.1038/416353a
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Covert science counsel cut off as nomination row piques Pentagon
Geoff Brumfiel
An exclusive club of US scientists that advises the government on military matters has lost much of its funding after refusing to accept orders over whom it should take as a member.The funding was cut after the group — known as the JASONs — rebuffed three nominees put forward by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a division of the Pentagon devoted to innovative research and which provides about half of the think tank's money.
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