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“A Compassionate Spy” comes to the M.V. Film Center on Sunday, August 27. This remarkable documentary tells the story of Ted Hall, the Manhattan Project physicist who is much less well-known than “Oppenheimer,” the film about the “father of the bomb” that played last month. Written and directed by two-time Oscar nominee Steve James (“Hoop […]
Secrets and lies: the documentarian talks about his latest, a love story couched in an epic tale of international espionage and nuclear anxiety
Article: The Kid at Los Alamos Who Gave the Secrets to the Soviet Union - One of the scientists at Los Alamos with Oppenheimer was 18 years old. While Oppenheimer was publicly and falsely accused of spying for the Societ Union, this young man did in fact give many of the most important secrets from Los Alamos to the Soviets, and the U.S. government chose not to prosecute him. And there is a brand-new movie by a two-time Oscar-nominated director about this other guy.
US intelligence knew Ted Hall had given the Soviets atomic bomb plans, but he remained free, eventually passing away in 1999. Oppenheimer, who did not spy for the Soviets, was subjected to a loyalty hearing and publicly disgraced.How could things turn out that way?
Ted Hall Was the Youngest Scientist Recruited to Work on the Manhattan Project, but Years Later It Was Revealed That He Spied for the Soviet Union A New Documentary Tries to Decipher His Character