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2015
December2015
4
Meditations
What caused the atomic spies of Los Alamos to do what they did? Somewhere in the zone between ideology and ego, monsters live.
January2015
16
Redactions
What do the newly released Oppenheimer transcripts tell us about the security hearing, and its original redaction?
2014
October2014
17
Meditations
Can one empathize with the spies who never confess?
2013
August2013
23
Redactions
Did Klaus Fuchs tell the Soviet Union how to make a hydrogen bomb? Recently released documents from the Russian archives shed new light on the question.
April2013
12
Meditations | Redactions
Blacking something out is only a step away from highlighting its importance, and the void makes us curious.
March2013
29
Meditations
How many ways are there to talk about secrecy? Quite a few.
2012
November2012
30
Redactions | Visions
The US government doesn't like to draw atomic bombs, but the Russians don't mind drawing American nukes.
September2012
12
Redactions
What drove Edward Teller to push for a 10,000 megaton hydrogen bomb?
August2012
31
Visions
The security badges produced for the Los Alamos project present a dizzying display of the many people who worked on the atomic bomb.
July2012
27
Visions
A recent Russian-language book has a treasure trove of rare images of the Soviet atomic bomb project.
March2012
30
Visions
Alternative views of the first nuclear test.
21
Redactions
The degree to which the UK and Canada should be equal partners with the US in the atomic bomb project was a controversial subject in 1942.
February2012
27
Meditations
Recently, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin praised the work of US scientists in helping the Soviet Union get the atomic bomb. Why?
20
Meditations
New footage has been found of scientists romping around Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. What does that get us, intellectually?
January2012
25
Redactions
Differently-redacted documents from the infamous spy's FBI file, with discussions on why the FBI and MI5 weren't keen to share information.
2011
December2011
20
Meditations | Redactions
I discuss my archival techniques, plus showcase a curious memo about whether Ted Hall was a "second Fuchs" at Los Alamos.
November2011
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