Obsessed himself, he could not comprehend how a man of Oppenheimer’s intelligence could come to different conclusions. He soon concluded it was not simply a simple disagreement between two men of goodwill. Instead, he decided that there was something sinister to Oppenheimer’s behavior and his opposition to the Super. In 1950 Borden began to study Oppenheimer’s security file. At that point, his attitude hardened from suspicion to conviction. Borden had always believed that there was someone in a high place in the American nuclear program who had allowed Fuchs to operate. For Borden, Oppenheimer
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