so we should have disallowed anyone with a Jewish name to work with our nuclear secrets after the Rosenbergs were convicted of spying for the Soviets? Did we bar everyone with a Slavic / Eastern Eurpoean last name from nuclear work during the cold war?
we were very tough in those days. McCarthy was very tough against anyone suspected of communist ties. Over 100,000 Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps during WW2. I highly doubt that they would be allowed to work on nuclear secrets.
I am simply denying a positive and not in favor of denying any special rights. Nobody has a right to be Sec of Energy. The Chinese are known to form cliques and we’ve already been burned before by someone from the democratic country of Taiwan. You don’t screw around and take chances with national security for the sake of PC.