The research community and the government covert research programs are very different entities. The major difference is that these scientists in the black budget programs have absolutely no control over the application of their research. We only have to look at the Manhattan project to see case in point how the technology can be used by the unscrupulous without the knowledge or cooperation from those who would morally object to these applications. The military did not ask if it was acceptable to drop nuclear weapons on Hiroshima, so why would they suddenly develop a conscious now?