September 1, 2006

Pentagon Backs Off on Foreign Researchers

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

The U.S. Defense Department has backed off from a proposal to require significant new controls, including security badges and restricted laboratory access, for foreign researchers working with sensitive technology at American universities.

Instead, the agency said it would require researchers working on its contracts to follow existing "export control" rules of the U.S. Commerce and State Departments, which are designed to keep technology and weapons important to national security from

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