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An investigation was conducted by the FBI regarding the famous physicist because of his affiliation with the Communist Party. Einstein was a member, sponsor, or affiliated with thirty-four communist fronts between 1937 and 1954. He also served as honorary chairman for three communist organizations.

"In May, 1948, Professor Einstein and "ten former Nazi research brain-trusters," held a secret meeting at which they put on asbestos suits and watched a beam of light, according to the "Arlington Daily," May 21, 1948. This article pointed out that a block of steel was melted as quickly as the light switch in any home could be turned on and that this new and secret weapon could be operated from planes to destroy entire cities. It was further stated that the atomic bomb was "little boy stuff" compared to this new development. The Intelligence Division of the Army subsequently advised the Bureau that this information could have no foundation in fact and that no machine could be devised which would be effective outside the range of a few feet."

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A new book reveals the 22-year effort by FBI director J Edgar Hoover to get Albert Einstein arrested as a political subversive or even a Soviet spy.

Uncovered FBI files are revealed in a book by Fred Jerome who says it was a clash of cultures - Einstein's challenge and change with Hoover's order and obedience.

He was the Elvis of science.

Women pursued him, celebrities sought him out, politicians courted him, and journalists followed him through the streets.

But, as Einstein was well aware, there was a darker posse on his trail. For many years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies spied on him, acting on suspicions as disturbing as a tip that he had been a Russian spy in Berlin; as vague as an unease with his support of civil rights and pacifist and socialist causes; and as goofy as claims that he was working on a death ray or that he was heading a Communist conspiracy to take over Hollywood.

F.B.I. interview with Albert Einstein, November 1, 1940

Source: Leo Szilard's F.B.I. file, obtained by Gene Dannen under Freedom of Information Act Request 219,708 dated October 22, 1981.

It's widely believed that Einstein was the "father of the atom bomb." In fact, readers of Fred Jerome's book The Einstein File will discover that the scientist was barred from working on the bomb, as a security risk by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI and US Army officials.