US drug agency spied on scientists

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US drug agency spied on scientists

Nature – Until last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had been remaking its image as a transparent organization that was supportive of its scientists, even when they spoke out against its decisions. Now the agency is on the defensive, after the exposure of a clandestine computer-surveillance operation that tracked every keystroke made by five dissident FDA scientists whom it suspected of leaking confidential internal data to the press. The revelation may damage employees’ trust in the FDA, and erode their willingness to challenge the decisions of their bosses, say expert observers. “The mere act of monitoring e-mails can chill scientific discourse at the agency and leave scientists more vulnerable to retaliation,” says Michael Halpern, the integrity programme manager at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), an advocacy group based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Read article

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