Oppenheimer's tragedy—and ours - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

In 1954, Robert Oppenheimer was subjected to what was rightly called “an extraordinary American inquisition” under the name of a security hearing. But while extremely harmful professionally and personally, the hearings were not Oppenheimer’s greatest tragedy—it was the success of his leadership in the creation of the weapon.

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