Oppenheimer security hearing

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Oppenheimer_security_hearing
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Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf government hearing
gptkbp:category Cold War history
Science and politics
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission
gptkbp:culturalDepiction book 'American Prometheus'
film 'Oppenheimer' (2023)
gptkbp:declassifiedTranscripts 2014
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission_records
Hearing transcripts
gptkbp:endDate 1954-05-06
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oppenheimer security hearing
gptkbp:impact chilling effect on scientific dissent
public debate on loyalty and security
gptkbp:influencedBy Oppenheimer's opposition to hydrogen bomb
Oppenheimer's past left-wing associations
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive
gptkbp:notableWitness gptkb:Edward_Teller
gptkb:Hans_Bethe
gptkb:Isidor_Rabi
gptkb:Roger_Robb
gptkb:William_L._Borden
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Personnel_Security_Board_Hearing_of_J._Robert_Oppenheimer
gptkbp:presidingOfficerTitle gptkb:Gordon_Gray
gptkbp:purpose review Oppenheimer's security clearance
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkb:McCarthyism
gptkb:Red_Scare
gptkbp:result revocation of Oppenheimer's security clearance
gptkbp:startDate 1954-04-12
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:J._Robert_Oppenheimer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Trials_of_J._Robert_Oppenheimer
gptkb:United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4