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Re:Richard Feynman Put Himself on the FBI’s Do Not Call List by nl on Thursday January 05, 2017 @01:08AM (#13325117)
It isn't surprising at all the FBI interviewed him. For example, page 352 of his file talks about his association with <redacted> who I would suspect was Klaus Fuchs[1] who gave the soviets information that let them build their own atomic bomb[2]. Feynman was also in frequent communication with the Soviet Embassy and was planning a trip to the Soviet Union.

The FBI can be over the top, but I imagine that's probably worth having a conversation about.

Edit: the letter (from Bell?) starts on page 110 of the file... It's pretty extreme!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Fuchs

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Fuchs#Value_of_Fuchs.27s...

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