it is conceivable, though much less certain,

that an extremely powerful bomb of a new type

may be constructed.

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: A single bomb of this type,

carried by boat and exploded in a port,

might very well destroy the whole port together with some

of the surrounding territory.

Good god.

I don't need to tell you what could

happen if the Germans developed this technology before we do.

I'll be doing the goose step.

--[chuckles] Or worse, which is why I'm asking you

to take charge of a program to research

and develop an atomic weapon.

It would require tremendous resources.

Of that, I have no doubt.

I need wide latitude to manage the project--

the scientists, the military, clandestine operations.

Secrecy would be vital, sir.

You couldn't let the crowds get onto us.

Everyone involved will need security clearance.

EDGAR: Oppenheimer, Teller, Fermi, Einstein.

Hm.

No.

[closes notebook] No, Einstein is out.

MILITARY OFFICIAL: You haven't even run his background, Edgar.

EDGAR: The Bureau has been concerned

about Einstein for years.

He's a radical, most certainly communist.

MILITARY OFFICIAL: He's the man who informed the president

of the urgency of this matter.

He cannot be trusted to be loyal to our country.

I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of

the United States of America.

Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

JUDGE: That I will bear arms on behalf of the United States

when required by the law.

That I will bear arms on behalf of the United States

when required by the law.