How a Legal Bomb Works.

UNITED States. Dept. of Justice; HYDROGEN bomb; NUCLEAR weapons; MORLAND, Howard; AMIN, Idi, 1925-2003; SECURITY classification (Government documents); CLASSIFIED defense information

Explains that the United States Department of Justice's (DOJ) efforts to stop "The Progressive" periodical from publishing Howard Morland's article about a hydrogen bomb may contribute to tyrant Idi Amin Dada's ability to build it. DOJ's lawsuit provides confirmation that the article is sound; Department of Energy and DOJ's disinterest in the article if Morland had been less competent and hit upon any of the unworkable designs; Debate over the public disclosure of strategic classified information.