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Re:Russia gives Edward Snowden permanent residency by manquer on Thursday October 22, 2020 @06:06PM (#24863792)
During the peak of red scare, McCarthyism it quite likely there were people who left because such concerns, so it possible.

Plenty of people from the tech world have had unpleasant experience with US security apparatus, leaving them hesitant take a job in the states. The maintainer of curl project comes to mind notably

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Re:Russia gives Edward Snowden permanent residency by cafard on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:48PM (#24864603)
Actually, E.F. Codd, who developed the concept of a relational database, moved out of the country. I believe this was less that he feared personal repercussions than that he found the whole business obnoxious.
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