June 7, 2002

Elite Panel of Academics Wins Fight to Continue Advising Military

By RON SOUTHWICK

Critics say treatment of Project Jason portends an adversarial relationship with scholars

Given that the federal government is preoccupied with national security and engaged in a worldwide war on terrorism, a group of academic scientists that advises the military expected to be busier than ever this year. Instead, the elite panel ended up fighting to survive. Although the group avoided the ax, the struggle points up what some academic researchers say is the Defense Department's

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