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[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Actually, the OSS (The CIA's precursor) did set a spy upon Werner Heisenberg, the head of Nazi Germany's nuclear research programme, with the mission to assassinate him if there was any indication the Nazis were close to building a nuclear weapon.

He found out that the Nazis were nowhere close, so Heisenberg got to live.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 13 points 3 months ago

For a while there his survival was uncertain.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Sure, their position was nowhere close, but how fast were they moving?

[–] chuymatt@startrek.website 5 points 2 months ago

Probably… uncertain.