"The real technical problems came because people working on the project didn't really follow my proposal at all, but set out to do other things instead of making a laser."

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"The real technical problems came because people working on the project didn't really follow my proposal at all, but set out to do other things instead of making a laser."

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"There was a second problem that was still not a technical problem... the project became classified. I couldn't work on it after having gone to all that trouble. I was considered a security risk, so I could not get a clearance."

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