[funnyfacts365]

I liked the part where they discarded them all after using them to build the most deadly weapon ever.

Accusations of communism and disloyalty continued to dog the couple, especially with the dawn of the Cold War. Oppenheimer himself battled similar rumors, largely because his wife had at one point joined the Communist Party; in 1954, despite swearing loyalty to the U.S., his security clearance was revoked.

Charlotte Serber likewise struggled to obtain another high-profile librarian job. Her application to work in the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory was rejected because she couldn’t get clearance, probably because of her political background.

Let that be a lesson for all the IT guys who work for the NSA/CIA/DoD.

[bitJericho]

Let that be a lesson for anyone that wants to work for or with the us government.

[pdxandi]

I've read about this before and it just saddens me to no end. These folks completely dedicated themselves to their work and the success of the project, and uprooted their lives and lived in secrecy for years. In my opinion, they were as much heroes as those returning home from battle overseas.

[valuearb]

The Soviet Union duplicated the A-bomb in record time due to spies on the project. That helped threaten the entire free world and kept hundreds of millions enslaved.

Managers of the Manhattan project had every reason to be concerned about workers who were or might be communist sympathizers. They just didn't find the right ones.