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:: I'm not going to deal with the comment about journalists (I think it's wrong but that's not germane to this discussion), but while I agree that about the Clinton reference there is a major difference- this was Oppenheimer's area of work. To say that someone in physics did little physics work needs a citation, just as if one said that Clinton did little to advance foreign policy one would need a citation. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 17:28, 5 March 2007 (EST)
:: I'm not going to deal with the comment about journalists (I think it's wrong but that's not germane to this discussion), but while I agree that about the Clinton reference there is a major difference- this was Oppenheimer's area of work. To say that someone in physics did little physics work needs a citation, just as if one said that Clinton did little to advance foreign policy one would need a citation. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 17:28, 5 March 2007 (EST)
::: Suggestion that JRO was a Soviet spy? There was a book by a Russian named Sudoplatov in the 1990s that claimed JRO was a spy. The Venona papers describe a high-level Manhattan Project atomic spy (besides Fuchs and Hall) who has never been identified. Some people suggest JRO. JRO has been shown to have Communist connection over and above what was revealed in his security clearance hearings. A collaborator of his published a book a few years ago saying that JRO was secretly a member of the Communist Party while at Berkeley, and even ghost-wrote some articles for the Party. JRO's anti-American behavior and politics were also very suspicious. I am basing this on memory, so some details may not be right. Maybe the article should just give both views -- that JRO was a genius and hero to the Left, and he was an overrated physicist wannabe and no-good Commie fellow traveler. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 17:34, 5 March 2007 (EST)