The full report otherwise appears to be very well done, although I don't know enough to rule out other minor glitches. Real peer review of the open source type is called for. I especially like its recommendations, starting with "What is to be done?" on pages 38-40. Those involved should be removed forever from all involvement in "science" and all public financed activities as being unfit of any use of the public trust or the public purse. They should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. And I would add, in an age where governments around the world are complaining of running out of funds, that not only are there substantial savings available in the canceling of scheduled and possible future spending on "green" matters, but there is a very large body of past "green" expenditures, fraudulently obtained, at least some of which may be recoverable via legal proceedings. By comparison Madoff was a piker. Go after those who Gore'd the world with the same zeal.
“The full PDF version of the report, which is linked to at the source, ends with a nice quote from Eisenhower’s Farewell Address. However accuracy should require, especially in THIS report, pointing out Ike was misquoted. Basically Ike used the two sentences cited in the reverse order.”
So the correct quote should be:
“The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present – and is gravely to be regarded.
. . . Public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite ... ”
Thanks for catching that! You made me look at the pdf file, which I had previously downloaded. Seems even more complete and condemning than this summary.