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Perspective

Jul. 8, 2014

Oppenheimer's security clearance revoked, 60 years on

The passing of this June marked 60 years since J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance was revoked as a national security risk, and we're still learning who he really was. By Stephen G. Mason


By Stephen G. Mason


The passing of this June marked 60 years since J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance was revoked as a national security risk, and we're still learning who he really was. Oppenheimer's 1954 hearing before a personnel security board of the Atomic Energy Commission has been the subject of everything from books, to plays on the London stage, to a full opera. And why not, it had everything: spies, atomic secrets, international intr...

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