Secrets don’t last forever, especially when so much history is ensconced on ledgers meticulously recorded by dedicated court scribes. After being lost for some number of years, the unabridged version of the Oppenheimer hearing can now be viewed in all it’s uncensored glory. Although this story is over a half century long at this point, there is much to be learned from that one time the U.S. government turned on the lead scientist put in charge of helping to craft the most destructive weapon the world has ever seen… Manhattan project ring a bell?
http://youtu.be/lVCL3Rnr8xE
No document better explains the America of the cold war — its fears and resentments, its anxieties and dilemmas… The Oppenheimer hearing also serves as a reminder of the fragility of individual rights and of how easily they may be lost.Mr. Richard Polenberg
Transcript of 1954 Oppenheimer Hearing Declassified in Full – FAS.org
Here is a listing of the volumes of the hearings transcripts with links to PDF copies… no one would blame you if you skipped right to the record of deletions to see some of the juicy stuff.
Scientists like Oppenheimer as well as military generals alike are still trying to convince those in charge of shaping political “realities” that the atomic bomb, short of genocide, is both tactically and strategically irrational.