Security, loyalty, and science / Walter Gellhorn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gellhorn, Walter, 1906-1995, author.

en Book Program, National Endowment for the Humanities Op, Author.

Contributor:

en Book Program, funder.

Series:

Cornell studies in civil liberty

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists.

Loyalty.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International).

Scientists--United States.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cornell University Press 2019

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Walter Gellhorn (1906-1995) was Professor of Law and Columbia University and one of the nation's leading law authorities, a champion of civil rights, and a pioneer in the modern study of law.

Summary:

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 administration of our federal loyalty program are presented; all the arguments are objectively weighed. The book answers such questions as: Can young scientists be well trained when publication and teaching are not free? Have we gone far enough-or too far-in avoiding "security risks" in important scientific establishments? How does the federal drive against "potentially disloyal" persons actually work? Do "fear of the smear" and crude methods discourage public service by American scientists? This study, a unit of an investigation of control of subversive activities supported by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, is based upon two years of research and numerous field interviews of scientists, administrators, defense officials, and educators. Security, Loyalty, and Science is a volume in the series Cornell Studies in Civil Liberty, of which Robert E. Cushman is advisory editor.

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

Notes:

Originally published in 1950.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-281) and index.

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ISBN:

9781501740671

1501740679

9781501740688

1501740687

OCLC:

1100444937

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Unrestricted online access