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Well, no German or Japanese spies, which were presumably the primary worry at the time. Soviet spies were obviously more successful, but then they were operati
by simplicio 5y ago
Well, no German or Japanese spies, which were presumably the primary worry at the time.
Soviet spies were obviously more successful, but then they were operating in an allied country that had an active program of technology and material exchange with, so its not really surprising that they were able to infiltrate a project as massive and widespread as the A-bomb effort.
- krisoft 5y ago> Well, no German or Japanese spies, which were presumably the primary worry at the time. Funnily it seems it was not! My source is a book titled "Restricted Data" by Alex Wellerstein which chronicles the history of nuclear secrecy in the USA. It really seems that at least initially the biggest worry for those tasked to maintain the security were leaks to Congress/Senate. It seems there was a worry that if the wrong politicians get wind of the project they will shut it down. After all they spent a lot of money on something which sounded like a bad scifi at the time.