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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/spookyhiatus on 2023-09-26 14:09:21.

It seems odd to me that members of the Gray Board, who denied Oppenheimer’s security clearance partly based on Borden’s conclusions of Oppenheimer’s security file, didn’t even bother to ask how Borden was able to acces Oppenheimer’s security file.

Now I’m not familiar with America’s laws back then, but it seems to me illigal to spread a security file on him. It could be legal seeing though Borden was part of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.

Also, how the hell did Straus have access to his file? Did Nichols have access to it as a lieutenant and did the both of them conspire together?