Secretary Granholm Statement on DOE Order Vacating 1954 Atomic Energy Commission Decision In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer

This seems to be a dubious decision by the Administration of the phony, compromised, pathological liar, demented and senile 46th President! I don't have the time to research more of the details of this case.

Is this another pet project of the left wing of the Dimocratic Party!

Revision or editing of history in hindsight by government is a serious matter and ought to be carefully evaluated! Those who were involved in the events are dead now and can not be heard anymore!

E.g. has Oppenheimer not admitted in security clearance hearings of 1954 that he was a fellow traveler of the Communist Party? This was a grave  admission in those days of the early phase of the Cold War!

"... As a successor agency to the Atomic Energy Commission, the Department of Energy has been entrusted with the responsibility to correct the historical record and honor Dr. Oppenheimer’s profound contributions to our national defense and the scientific enterprise at large.  ..."

"... The reconsideration of an order of the AEC concerning an individual long-deceased is not something this Department has ever done and not something that would ordinarily be considered. And yet, the Oppenheimer matter was extraordinary in several respects that merit its reconsideration. The Oppenheimer matter concerned a man who, not long before, had played an indispensable and singular role in the war effort, a man whose loyalty and love of country were never seriously questioned. More troubling, historical evidence suggests that the decision to review Dr. Oppenheimer’s clearance had less to do with a bona fide concern for the security of

restricted data and more to do with a desire on the part of the political leadership of the AEC to discredit Dr. Oppenheimer in public debates over nuclear weapons policy. Such political motives must have no place in our personnel security process. For these reasons, I directed Departmental

staff to review the Oppenheimer matter.  ...

Therefore, we will not reconsider the substantive merits of In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer. ..."

Secretary Granholm Statement on DOE Order Vacating 1954 Atomic Energy Commission Decision In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer | Department of Energy