In 1947, a junior Pentagon clerk risked everything to leak the truth: the U.S. was secretly importing Nazi scientists under a classified program called Operation Paperclip. When the exposé hit the front page, President Truman shut it down—deporting Wernher von Braun, igniting Congressional outrage, and sacrificing America’s early lead in the space race. This is the story of a nation that chose conscience over conquest—and paid for it in Sputnik beeps and second-place flags. But in refusing the Devil’s bargain, did America preserve something greater? Or did it doom itself to a future written by others? The Archivist reveals the file they tried to bury. Not this time.