content: IRB-like would be a great idea. A rotating council of pseudo-randomly selected experts and a few laymen. The trick would be keeping them effective against defense agency funding, foreign powers, and interest groups all trying to crack their security. I've wondered for a long time now why there isn't any sort of strong coalition of scientists, actually-educated, and/or driven people. Like a general science lobbying group. The only reason I can come up with is the general abrasiveness and antagonism among scientists, particularly between fields. It just doesn't seem like its enough of a barrier though and I feel like I'm missing something.