Security, loyalty, and science / / Walter Gellhorn.

Both sides of a sensitive problem are assessed by Professor Gellhorn in this penetrating analysis of national security and its effect upon scientific progress.The costs and advantages of secrecy in certain areas of science and the conflict between national safety and individual rights in the adminis...

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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press,, [2019]
©[2019]
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Cornell studies in civil liberty
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
Notes:Originally published in 1950.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I. Keeping Secrets
  • II. The Balance Sheet of Secrecy
  • III. The Proper Limits of Secrecy
  • IV. The Standards and Mechanics of Security Clearance
  • V. The Spreading of Security Requirements
  • VI. The Loyalty of Federal Scientists
  • VII. The Universities and Security Searcher
  • VIII. The Need for Fair Procedures
  • IX. Concluding Thoughts
  • Appendix A. Declassification Policy
  • Appendix B. AEC Criteria for Determining Eligibility for Personnel Security Clearance (January 5, I949)
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index