Anyone know much about these anonymous scientists who work for the government?

"The Jasons are a well-guarded group of world-class scientists, briefly outed in the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, who have been meeting every summer since 1960 to tackle classified problems that the Defense Department cannot solve."

Why do they dedicate their lives to the pursuit of knowledge through science is they end up selling out to the pursuit of money and power via government?

It baffles me they spend all that time studying global warming and can't figure out how cell towers affect the environment?