You know, I read Wolf's statement, and it doesn't appear there's anything really damning about the contractor's story so far.
NASA officials said in a statement released Monday that they reviewed “a potential security breach” at the Langley Research Center earlier this month and referred their investigation to law enforcement. Jiang was fired from Langley last week.
It doesn't clarify if his firing was due to whatever security breach occurred
It doesn't look like a congressman crying wolf. It looks like a congressman who, when the farmhand caught a wolf, decided to punish the sheep.
Oh God! While they're at it, they should also shut down Wikipedia because it contain all those Kepler's laws - they are used in sat navigation!!!
Shutting down the server is the most stupid thing they could possibly do.
...No, it's not that bad at all compared to what could happen. NASA is under no "requirement" to put all that stuff online.
Can you do the same for many other government agencies?
Wolf does not fund NASA, /I/ (and the rest of the American people) fund NASA. NASA is not Wolf's plaything.
Congressman Wolf is on the committee responsible for NASA oversight. He is doing his job. Isn't he also having the head of Ames investigated by the FBI ?
Quote from: rdale on 03/20/2013 01:38 pm...No, it's not that bad at all compared to what could happen. NASA is under no "requirement" to put all that stuff online.Yes it is. A requirement from me, a taxpayer, to have access to the research that I have helped pay for.Wolf does not fund NASA, /I/ (and the rest of the American people) fund NASA. NASA is not Wolf's plaything.QuoteCan you do the same for many other government agencies?Yes. NIH publishes all its funded research online. The Executive Branch is pushing for all non-classified research to be published freely online, so the American people have access to what they are paying for.
NASA doesn't host Wikipedia.
QuoteShutting down the server is the most stupid thing they could possibly do.No, it's not that bad at all compared to what could happen. NASA is under no "requirement" to put all that stuff online. Can you do the same for many other government agencies? Ending NTRS entirely would be the "most stupid thing" they could do.
Research papers should only go on that site after they've been ITAR-reviewed and, if they haven't been doing that, they should pull everything down until the reviews have been performed. Taking the server down for a few days while they get things sorted out doesn't seem unreasonable. When you get right down to it, ITAR essentially adds an additional level of security classification to documents, and using it to restrict access to them isn't inconsistent with the point you make in your second paragraph.
...We borrow money from China in order to pay for that research. Perhaps they would like to make those loans / bonds interest-free, or even better don't ask for repayment. Under those terms, China can have access to the research I helped pay for, and continue to pay for (thanks to debt service) for many years.
Research papers should only go on that site after they've been ITAR-reviewed and, if they haven't been doing that, they should pull everything down until the reviews have been performed. Taking the server down for a few days while they get things sorted out doesn't seem unreasonable.
I was one of the few Americans in my grad-level image/video processing classes. We're pretty eager to teach this stuff to any foreign national with enough cash behind them. I'm sure we won't all agree as to whether that's a good idea or not, but if it becomes more difficult for universities to attract well-financed foreign students if they have an affiliation with NASA, then universities will stop working with NASA....
I have read elsewhere about the servers acting up and having issues before. And on the STI site it says something about NTRS upgrades. Is this just coincidence or smoke and mirrors?http://www.sti.nasa.gov/
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