Excellent piece. Thanks for posting. I wish this was common knowledge... that we are being swindled by people pushing the idea that there are ‘smart’ people watching out for our common interests. Not in any way true. Science is like anything else, subject to power plays, politics, deceit, etc. and throwing government into it, it’s a guaranteed FUBAR.
I think the word is slowly getting out, and I doubt we even know the half of it. I know our tax dollars go to many foreign nations or agencies I presume in an effort to get all the scientists on the same page. I also know that some very sensitive research, some of it military in nature, is co-opted with foreign entities -- on our dime of course. For what purpose I haven't a clue.