The US government has asked the scientific journals Nature and Science to censor data on a laboratory-made version of bird flu that could spread more easily to humans, fearing it could be used as a potential weapon.
The journals are objecting to the request, saying it would restrict access to information that might advance the cause of public health.
The request was a first for the expert panel, formed after a series of anthrax attacks on US targets in 2001. It advises the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies about "dual use" research that could serve public health but also be a potential bioterror threat.
TVNL Comment: Maybe they want to hide the fact that some of this stuff was made in US labs in the first place. Maybe they want to hide their own crimes. The term for this by the way, is "national security."
The Supreme Court on June 30 declined to to hear a censorship complaint brought by Health...
