I'm a free-lance science writer, and have written a history/profile of the group, called Jason, of academic scientists who advise the government. The book starts where the Manhattan Project ends -- with physicists trying to decide, having let the genie out of the bottle, how to get it back in again. One result of their attempts was Jason. Jason is 30 to 50 scientists who meet for six weeks every summer to answer questions for the government -- usually for the defense department or the intelligence community -- about national security issues. Currently they specialize in studies for the Department of
Energy on the technical backing for treaties to ban the bomb. Jason is unique, not only in this country, but in the world. The book is about this low-profile group's attempts to hold onto their scientific souls,
remain independent, and still stay in business.