[GSlob]

One is talking about people whose loyalties are more questionable than were the loyalties of von Braun at the time. [And von Braun was under much tighter control, too]. Von Braun's Germany was occupied, and then became a strong ally. The debacle with Wen Ho Lee should have been more than sufficient warning.

[indthkr]

"...people whose loyalties are more questionable than were the loyalties of von Braun at the time. [And von Braun was under much tighter control, too]."

That's the understatement of the day.

The choice that Von Braun and the German members of his team had was to come to America and work for us, or enjoy the hospitality of Stalin's Soviet Union. Von Braun and crew were basically prisoner's in a gilded cage.

[GOP_1900AD]

Another thing I argued with a bunch of fools over at a Los Alamos blog about, was that Von Braun (and others in that generation) came here forever, never thinking about going home. They became US Citizens. They were NOT here on visas! Big, big difference.