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2021
June 2021
14
Redactions
A bizarre leak from a powerful Senator made the Top Secret debate over building the hydrogen bomb part of national discourse — and doomed its direction.
2019
December 2019
3
Redactions
In 1953, an eminent US scientist lost the "secret of the H-bomb" under bizarre circumstances. Read the documents behind the tale.
2013
March 2013
15
Meditations | Redactions
Did atomic secrets kill Lt. Col. Paul P. Stoutenburgh?
2012
April 2012
Meditations
In February 1951, the Atomic Energy Commission reported on the "pleasant" experience of rooting out a high-placed homosexual.
January 2012
23
Meditations
New nuclear tidbits from eight just-declassified secret transcripts of the Congressional committee charged with atomic oversight issues.
2011
December 2011
30
Visions
The first secret briefing by Congress on the destructive power of the hydrogen bomb -- complete with disturbing maps, centered on the White House.
26
Meditations | Redactions
Describing my archival techniques, plus a document about the H-bomb's development.
23
Meditations
Excerpts from previously-undigitized secret hearings of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.
22
Redactions
The attempt by staffers on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy to run-around the AEC while pushing for a second nuclear weapons lab.
21
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Edward Teller's (self-serving) version of the history of the hydrogen bomb, from 1953.
20
Meditations | Redactions
I discuss my archival techniques, plus showcase a curious memo about whether Ted Hall was a "second Fuchs" at Los Alamos.
19
Meditations
Exactly how secret was the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy? I try to put some numbers on it.
November 2011
21
Meditations
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