Tania Simoncelli is a scientist, writer, speaker, Science Advisor at the Technology and Liberty Project of the American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...

 (ACLU), and vice chair of the Council for Responsible Genetics

Council for Responsible Genetics

The Council for Responsible Genetics is a non-profit NGO with a focus on biotechnology.- History :The Council for Responsible Genetics was founded in 1983 in Cambridge, Massachusetts....

 (CRG). She has published a number of articles on the social implications of DNA databases in at least one peer-reviewed journal. She is also a co-author of a book on the subject of the interference by the Bush

Bush

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 administration in academic freedom

Academic freedom

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and scientific inquiry.