To Maintain National Security, U.S. Policies Should Continue to Promote Open Exchange of Research

The National Academy of Sciences press release, "To Maintain National Security, U.S. Policies Should Continue to Promote Open Exchange of Research," states:

To strengthen the essential role that science and technology play in maintaining national and economic security, the United States should ensure the open exchange of unclassified research despite the small risk that it could be misused for harm by terrorists or rogue nations, says a new report by the National Research Council. Because science and technology are truly global pursuits, U.S. universities and research institutions must continue to welcome foreign-born science and engineering students, said the committee of former national security leaders and senior university researchers and administrators that wrote the report.