Hat Tip: Brian B.
OilFlorida | September 14, 2010
Science in the Gulf, NPR Science Friday, August 20, 2010:
Darren in College Station, Texas: I’m an adjunct professor here at [Texas] A&M
We were also in the Gulf and got thrown out.
We were testing a theory that the chemical composition of the dispersant they wee using was causing the dispersant to sink. And we’d been there for approximately three days and federal agents told us to get out.
Federal agents said it was in the interest of national security.
They were Homeland Security officers.
They took all the samples we had and they also took some notes that we had, the theory we were operating upon was information that had been given to us by someone who worked in the plant that made that dispersant, and they took everything.
Cary Nelson, president, American Association of University Professors, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois: This is kind of an insane world we’ve entered into kind of the barring of reputable scientists from a public site who could contribute considerably to the knowledge we have.
Talk of the Nation: Dr D’Elia, have you head of other cases like that?
Dr. Christopher D’Elia, professor and dean, School of The Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.: Yes I’ve heard of other cases.
