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There are many avenues to think about after seeing the movie. I became curious about Klaus Fuchs for example and looked him up (wondering whatever happened). I think the movie does a good job of showing Oppenheimer's frustration and his loyalty to the scientists (and their loyalty to him) despite his flawed character. Scientists are not easy people to manage.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/klaus-fuchs-arrested-for-passing-atomic-bomb-information-to-soviets

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I thought they did a good job of showing the prevailing thought of the left at the time — that those concerned about Russian spies were just being paranoid — and then pointing out that there *were* actually spies in the program. It’s even more nuanced when you know that the intelligence agencies had intercepts implicating Fuchs, and the Rosenbergs, etc, but couldn’t use the info publicly because didn’t want to tip off the Soviets. Then the later excesses of McCarthy drove people into even more hardened positions.

It’s interesting that, in the end, they sort of gave Teller the final word — basically, “he’s a loyal American, but erratic and problematic in other ways.” [/quote]

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