Brief

Federation of American Scientists

The claims the writer was given for Federation of American Scientists, in the order they were given.

1. 1

   The Federation of American Scientists was a left-wing group of disaffected Manhattan Project veterans dismayed at the military uses of atomic weapons.

   “a group called the Federation of American Scientists, a left wing group of disaffected Manhattan Project veterans who were dismayed at the military uses of atomic weapons”

   Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:21480-21643 administrative second hand

2. 2

   Minutes from a Federation of American Scientists meeting on 1945-11-15 indicate that both L. Ron Hubbard and Jack Parsons attended and participated in the meeting.

   “Minutes from a November 15th, 1945 meeting of the FAS (again, while Hubbard was officially still in the hospital) indicate that both Hubbard and Parsons attended and participated in the meeting.”

   Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:21652-21838 administrative second hand

3. 3

   Several members of the Ordo Templi Orientis and the Federation of American Scientists, including Jack Parsons and Robert Cornog, lost their security clearances following the affair between L. Ron Hubbard and Sara Northrup.

   “The whole affair soured Crowley on Parsons, and subsequently several members of the OTO and the FAS lost their security clearances, including Parsons and Robert Cornog, one of the developers of the nuclear triggers used in the first atomic bombs.”

   Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:22151-22391 administrative

4. 4

   Richard C. Hoagland considers the premise that L. Ron Hubbard was an Office of Naval Intelligence informant sent to infiltrate and destabilise the Ordo Templi Orientis and Federation of American Scientists a plausible one, after reviewing documentation supplied by the Church of Scientology.

   “After seeing the documentation supplied to me by the Church of Scientology, I find the premise a plausible one.”

   Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch5:22842-22949 opinion first hand

5. 5

   The Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 allows the US government to impose secrecy orders on patent applications that contain sensitive information, preventing the inventor from registering the patent or publicising the invention.

   “As the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy explains, the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 has long allowed the US government to impose secrecy orders on patent applications that contain sensitive information, which stops the inventor from either getting their patent registered or publicising their invention.”

   In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch24:5077-5406 administrative second hand