script tags stripped by html source

I have run the followingcommand on a wp 3.8 install on a Centos server:

```
wp post create post_text.html \
                --post_type=post \
                --post_status=publish \
                --post_title='title of the post' \
                --post_date='2014-01-04 17:02:00' \
                --tags_input='tag 1, tag 2''
```
The post is created as expected, with one problem: javascript in post_text.html is stripped as follows:

ORIGINAL TEXT in post_text.html:

```
<p>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
JAVASCRIPT CODE
</script>

</p>

```

SAME SNIPPET OF TEXT in the "view source" window of the post seen in the browser:
```
<p><!--<br />
SAME JAVASCRIPT CODE
//--></p>
```