FROM WIKILEAKS
https://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS:_Sensitive_But_Unclassified_and_Other_Federal_Security_Controls_on_Scientific_and_Technical_Information:_History_and_Current_Controversy,_February_20,_2004
Reportedly, Dr. Anthony
Fauci, Director of the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(NIAID), which is receiving the bulk of funds allocated to NIH for counterterrorism
R&D, said on October 3, 2002, that while transparency in publication should be the
norm, consideration should be given to developing a "specially appointed committee
to determine whether publication is appropriate." He suggested the formation of a
panel to determine whether it is appropriate to pursue certain types of biomedical
research," similar to the Asilomar Conference.128 Others have suggested that only
certain kinds of sensitive research be restricted or classified, such as research relating
to the "weaponization of biological and toxin agentsโฆ."129