Arms Control Panel Dismissed
After the George W. Bush administration came into office, the entire scientific committee that advised the State Department on technical matters related to arms control was dismissed.
The committee had been chaired by physicist Richard Garwin, who has served on the Presidential Scientific Advisory Committee and the Defense Science Board under administrations of both parties, and has for decades been a consultant to the national nuclear weapons laboratories and intelligence agencies. The committee also had members with expertise on biological and chemical weapons.
After the committee was dismissed, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John R. Bolton told Dr. Garwin that a new committee would be formed,1 but that has not happened.
Note: This page is an excerpt from the 2004 UCS report Scientific Integrity in Policymaking.
1. Interview with Richard Garwin, January 2004, for UCS Scientific Integrity report.
