"Never pen test without permission."

Been there. Done that. Suffered the consequences.

Don't leave us hanging! What happened ?

... unless you have a Nobel and a diagram named after you.

I believe those came well after his Los Alamos days. When he was cracking safes, he was essentially going out on a limb. The leaders of the establishment knew of his oddities and usefulness, so he was tolerated.

Someone willing to change their mind, on any subject, should their own reasoning give them cause to, would clearly be a worry from a national security point of view. Such a person might, after all, at any time conclude that the government that demands their loyalty isn't actually who they should be serving!

Never have I been so sad to agree with someone.

It's only logical that it is this way, but it's also very sad that learning more and adapting your world view to your growth is orthogonally opposite requirements for intelligence work. It also shifts an incredible amount of weight on who leads all the blindly trusting agents of state.