https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20180511a/full/Michael Morisy obtained the famed physicist’s FBI file via the Freedom of Information Act, most of the letters in it described Feynman in glowing terms—“outstanding,” a “brilliant physicist,” “discreet and loyal.” However, the file contained one scathing letter from 1958 denouncing him as a security risk. “This man is, in my opinion, an extremely complex and dangerous person, a very dangerous person to have in a position of public trust,” declared the letter writer, whose name was redacted by government censors. “In matters of intrigue Richard Feynman is, I believe, immensely clever—indeed a genius,” the writer admitted, before adding, “and he is, I further believe, completely ruthless, unhampered by morals, ethics, or religion.”
FBI memos in the file reveal that the writer was a woman, and historian Alex Wellerstein makes a compelling case that she was likely Feynman’s ex-wife Mary Louise Bell.
Hell hath no fury...Richard Feynman 1975 Dodge Tradesman Maxivan
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