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To: BGHater

This is similar to the case in the US during WWII (1944) when ‘Astounding’ science fiction magazing (today ‘Analog’) published a story anticipating the atomic bomb. The publisher, John W. Campbell, was visited by the FBI and accused of publishing secret material and demanding the issue be removed from newsstands. Reportedly, Campbell managed to convince the FBI that would draw more attention to the US atomic bomb program than just ignoring it. And that’s what they did.


17 posted on 03/02/2008 11:38:07 AM PST by FFranco
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To: FFranco
Reportedly, Campbell managed to convince the FBI that would draw more attention to the US atomic bomb program than just ignoring it. And that’s what they did.

What a rare case of bureaucratic common sense. Possibly rarer than accurate prophecies.

43 posted on 03/02/2008 4:45:38 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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