But others have voiced a range of fears, including that not enough usable lines exist, that the owners of such lines will impose unreasonable conditions on research, and that the existing lines' possible contamination with animal viruses would make them unusable for clinical research.
"The possibility does exist that the Street will feel compelled to do this," she said.
He adds that he doesn't believe objectivity can exist, that "the only pure documentary I know is Andy Warhol filming the Empire State Building for 24 hours".
The idea that it doesn't exist, that the United States attacked itself, is buttressed by preachers in mosques, on satellite television channels and in glossy Arabic books.
Exacerbating the challenge is the perception that it's somehow not a good idea to use the benefits that do exist; that the Protestant work ethic demands that we all struggle on and work when we're sick, for instance.
Neil Giuliano, president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, said, "For me, anything short of reinstating funding for the ads allows the perception to exist that the A.F.A. got something out of this".
